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