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Posted - 2006-07-21 : 09:45:08
Paromita writes "Can anyone please tell me how can I rewrite the query using Not exists : select distinct top 1 employeeid from #test
where employeeid not in(select max(employeeid) from #test)
group by employeeid
order by employeeid desc"

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Posted - 2006-07-21 : 10:13:06
Doesn't use not exists but

select top 1 employeeid
from (select top 2 employeeid from #test group by employeeid order by employeeid desc) a
order by employeeid


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