SELECT E1.SALARY FROM Employee E1 WHERE 2-1 = (SELECT COUNT(distinct (E2.salary)) FROM Employee E2 WHERE E2.salary < E1.salary)

HOW TO WRITE SQL QUERY 2ND HIGHEST SALARY USING SELF JOIN

SELECT E1.SALARY FROM salary E1 WHERE 1= (SELECT COUNT(distinct (E2.salary)) FROM salary E2 WHERE E2.salary >=E1.salary)

SELECT E1.SALARY FROM Employee E1 WHERE 1-1 = (SELECT COUNT(distinct (E2.salary)) FROM Employee E2 WHERE E2.salary > E1.salary)

Select Max(A.Amount) from tbl_Amonttable A

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SELECT E1.SALARY FROM Employee E1 WHERE 2-1 = (SELECT COUNT(distinct (E2.salary)) FROM Employee E2 WHERE E2.salary < E1.salary)

Declare @MaxValue int
Select @MaxValue=(case when @MaxValue>Amount then @MaxValue else Amount end) From T1
Select @Maxvalue

Declare @MaxValue int
Select @MaxValue=Amount From T1 Group by Amount
Select @MaxValue
 

SELECT 
T11.Id,
T11.Amount as MaxAmount
FROM T1 AS T11 left outER JOIN
T1 AS T12 ON T11.Amount < T12.Amount 
GROUP BY T11.Amount, T11.Id
having COUNT(T12.Amount)=0