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`));
解答思路:
利用Max函数,找出最大值,然后去掉(NOT IN),从剩下的里面再找最大值
答案:
SELECT e.emp_no, MAX(s.salary) AS salary, e.last_name, e.first_name
FROM employees AS e INNER JOIN salaries AS s
ON e.emp_no = s.emp_no
WHERE s.to_date = '9999-01-01'
AND s.salary NOT IN (SELECT MAX(salary) FROM salaries WHERE to_date = '9999-01-01')
牛客网讨论区思路:
本题做法很多,主要思想为多层SELECT嵌套与MAX()函数结合
1、先利用MAX()函数找出salaries中当前薪水最高者,即SELECT MAX(salary) FROM salaries WHERE to_date = '9999-01-01'
2、再利用INNER JOIN连接employees与salaries表,限定条件为【同一员工】e.emp_no = s.emp_no、【当前】s.to_date = '9999-01-01'与【非薪水最高】s.salary NOT IN (SELECT MAX(salary) FROM salaries WHERE to_date = '9999-01-01')
3、在以上限制条件下找薪水最高者,即为所有员工薪水的次高者