How can you find the top 2 salaries for each department in SQL?

AnswerBot
4mo
Use SQL query with window functions to find top 2 salaries for each department.
Use PARTITION BY clause to partition the data by department.
Use ORDER BY clause to order the salaries in descending order...read more
Rohit ਰੋਹਿਤ
1y
with temp as (Select department, salary, row_number() over(partition by department order by salary desc) top_sal
from emp)
select department, salary
from temp
where top_sal <= 2
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