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88. 2nd Highest Salary

Medium Infosys Subqueries & CTEs
Query Rules
  • The query columns and order must match the expected result schema.
  • NULL values should be handled appropriately where applicable.
  • The grader compares output values and sorting order to evaluate.

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locations
3 cols
departments
3 cols
employees
6 cols
orders
6 cols

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Expected SQL 
SELECT MAX(salary) FROM employees WHERE salary < (SELECT MAX(salary) FROM employees);
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