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How do you find the second highest salary from a table?

 

Option 1: WITH RANK_SALARY AS
			( SELECT *,  DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY Salary Desc) AS SALARY_RANK
				FROM Employees )
			SELECT Name, Salary FROM RANK_SALARY WHERE SALARY_RANK = 2

Option 2: SELECT Salary FROM Employees
			ORDER BY Salary DESC
			LIMIT 1
			OFFSET 1

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