Dave62 (8/5/2011)
For those who were expecting the third highest salary, here is a select for that [...]
Or, slightly more compactly:
select max(Salary) from @table where Salary <
((select max(Salary) from @table where Salary < (select max(Salary) from @table)))
Paul White
SQLPerformance.com
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