how to find second largest number through a query

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how to find second largest number through a query

Posted 27-Jun-13 2:41am

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CPallini · Answer 1 · 2013-06-27T02:47:00

Solution 3

First result of a quick Google search: "What is the simplest SQL Query to find the second largest value?"[^].

Posted 27-Jun-13 2:47am

CPallini

Uday P.Singh · Answer 2 · 2013-06-27T02:45:00

Solution 1

Try this:

SQL

USE yourdatabase;
GO
SELECT TOP 1 yourNumber
FROM (
SELECT DISTINCT TOP 4 yourNumber
FROM yourtable
ORDER BY yourNumber DESC) A
ORDER BY yourNumber
GO

hope it helps :)

Posted 27-Jun-13 2:45am

Uday P.Singh

bbirajdar · Answer 3 · 2013-06-27T02:47:00

Solution 2

Here is how you do it.. Check this link[^]

Posted 27-Jun-13 2:47am

bbirajdar

Maciej Los · Answer 4 · 2013-06-28T04:58:00

Solution 4

Depends on your needs, you can use 2 ranking functions[^]:
1. ROW_NUMBER()[^]
or
2. RANK()[^]
Example:

SQL

SELECT *
FROM (
    SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY Field1) AS RowNo
    FROM Table1
) AS T
WHERE RowNo = 2

Posted 28-Jun-13 4:58am

Maciej Los