*18、查找当前薪水排名第二多的员工编号emp_no、薪水salary、last_name以及first_name，不准使用order by

1、题目描述：

查找当前薪水(to_date=‘9999-01-01‘)排名第二多的员工编号emp_no、薪水salary、last_name以及first_name，不准使用order by
CREATE TABLE `employees` (
`emp_no` int(11) NOT NULL,
`birth_date` date NOT NULL,
`first_name` varchar(14) NOT NULL,
`last_name` varchar(16) NOT NULL,
`gender` char(1) NOT NULL,
`hire_date` date NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`emp_no`));
CREATE TABLE `salaries` (
`emp_no` int(11) NOT NULL,
`salary` int(11) NOT NULL,
`from_date` date NOT NULL,
`to_date` date NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`emp_no`,`from_date`));

输入描述:

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输出描述:

2、代码：

（1）解法1：除了最高工资就是它最高，先找到最高工资，然后找到第二高工资

select e.emp_no,max(s.salary),e.last_name,e.first_name from employees e, salaries s
where s.salary < (select max(salary) from salaries)
and s.to_date="9999-01-01" and e.emp_no=s.emp_no;

（2）解法2：表内连接求第二高工资

select e.emp_no,s.salary,e.last_name,e.first_name
from employees e join salaries s on e.emp_no=s.emp_no
where  s.to_date=‘9999-01-01‘ and s.salary =
(
     select s1.salary
     from salaries s1 join salaries s2 on s1.salary<=s2.salary
     where s1.to_date=‘9999-01-01‘ and s2.to_date=‘9999-01-01‘
     group by s1.salary having count(distinct s2.salary)=2
 );

原文地址：https://www.cnblogs.com/guoyu1/p/12242344.html