to find second max no in table

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to find second max no in table

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shaggy
Posting Yak Master

248 Posts

Posted - 2007-07-06 : 05:52:36

Dear all,

i want to find the second max no from a column can anyone help me in this

harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5581 Posts

Posted - 2007-07-06 : 06:01:16

You would have got the answer if you would have spent just 5 mins searching the forums:

[url]http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=36066[/url]

Harsh Athalye
India.
"The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED"

shaggy
Posting Yak Master

248 Posts

Posted - 2007-07-06 : 06:12:09

thank u harsh i got it

madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator

22864 Posts

Posted - 2007-07-06 : 06:13:49

My favourite


Select min(no) as no from 
  (
     select top 2 no from table order by no desc
  ) T

But I wonder why people target only the second maximum

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

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