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SELECT
(SELECT DISTINCT salary
FROM Employee
ORDER BY salary DESC
LIMIT 1 OFFSET 1) AS SecondHighestSalary
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SELECT TOP 1 salary
FROM (
SELECT DISTINCT TOP N salary
FROM #Employee
ORDER BY salary DESC
) AS temp
ORDER BY salary
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SELECT first-name
FROM employees
WHERE salary = (SELECT MAX(salary) FROM employees);
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WITH T AS
(
SELECT *,
DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY Salary Desc) AS Rnk
FROM Employees
)
SELECT Name
FROM T
WHERE Rnk=2;