Who has the distinct TOP 5 Salary employees

Question

i want out put like this from emp table
eno: ename sal
2 zzz 7000
3 www 6000
4 vvvvv 5000
5 fff 4 000
6 zzz 3000
it's very urgent

Answer 1

Hi,
You can try this:
SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP ORDER BY SAL DESC;
     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE         SAL       COMM     DEPTNO
      7369 SMITH      CLERK           7902 17-DEC-80       8000                    20
      7839 KING       PRESIDENT            17-NOV-81       5000                    10
      7902 FORD       ANALYST         7566 03-DEC-81       3000                    20
      7788 SCOTT      ANALYST         7566 19-APR-87       3000                    20
      7566 JONES      MANAGER         7839 02-APR-81       2975                    20
      7698 BLAKE      MANAGER         7839 01-MAY-81       2850                    30
      7782 CLARK      MANAGER         7839 09-JUN-81       2450                    10
      7499 ALLEN      SALESMAN        7698 20-FEB-81       1600        300         30
      7844 TURNER     SALESMAN        7698 08-SEP-81       1500          0         30
      7934 MILLER     CLERK           7782 23-JAN-82       1300                    10
      7654 MARTIN     SALESMAN        7698 28-SEP-81       1250       1400         30
     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE         SAL       COMM     DEPTNO
      7521 WARD       SALESMAN        7698 22-FEB-81       1250        500         30
      7876 ADAMS      CLERK           7788 23-MAY-87       1100                    20
      7900 JAMES      CLERK           7698 03-DEC-81        950                    30
14 rows selected.
Wrote file afiedt.buf
  1  SELECT * FROM (
  2  SELECT empno,ename,sal,row_number() OVER (ORDER BY sal desc) rn FROM EMP
  3* ) WHERE rn <=5
SQL> /
     EMPNO ENAME             SAL         RN
      7369 SMITH            8000          1
      7839 KING             5000          2
      7788 SCOTT            3000          3
      7902 FORD             3000          4
      7566 JONES            2975          5
SQL> Regards
Message was edited by:
Avinash Tripathi