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HowtofindnthmaxvalueinOracleusingrank
TherearenwaystofetchtheNthhighestvaluefromatable,herewecanseehowOracleinbuiltfunctionssuchasDENSE_RANK(),RANK()and
ROW_NUMBER()canbeutilizedforthiscase.

Also,wewillbediscussingtheoptingoftherightfunctionatarightplacebasedonthebusinessrequirement.

Firstwillunderstandtheexactdifferencebetweenthesethreefunctions,thenyouwillbeverycleartochoseamongtheseforyourspecification.

Createtablequerywhichcreatesstructureforemployeetable,
CREATETABLEemployee
(idNUMBER(5),
nameVARCHAR2(20),
deptVARCHAR2(20),
salaryNUMBER(8));

Insertstatementswhichcreateentriesintoemployeetable,
insertintoemployeevalues(1001,'A','HR',100000);
insertintoemployeevalues(1002,'B','HR',200000);
insertintoemployeevalues(1003,'C','HR',300000);
insertintoemployeevalues(1004,'D','QA',200000);
insertintoemployeevalues(1005,'E','QA',700000);
insertintoemployeevalues(1006,'F','TECH',800000);

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insertintoemployeevalues(1007,'G','TECH',400000);
insertintoemployeevalues(1008,'H','QA',700000);
insertintoemployeevalues(1009,'I','TECH',900000);
insertintoemployeevalues(1010,'J','QA',600000);

DifferencebetweenRANK(),DENSE_RANK()andROW_NUMBER()

Twoemployeesarehavingsalaryas700000

ThebothRANKandDENSE_RANKwillassignthesameranktobothemployees(rank=3)

ButROWNUMBERwillassigntheuniquenumbersforeachrow,inourexample,itwillmap3and4respectively

Nowlookatthenextrecord,DENSE_RANKwillassign4sincethepreviousoneassignedwas3

ButRANKwillassign5sincerank3itselfithastworecords,itwillskipthe4thrankandassignonly5totheimmediatenext

id name dept salary Rank Densrank Rownum

1009 I TECH 900000 1 1 1
1006 F TECH 800000 2 2 2

1005 E QA 700000 3 3 3

1008 H QA 700000 3 3 4

1010 J QA 600000 5 4 5

1007 G TECH 400000 6 5 6

1003 C HR 300000 7 6 7
1002 B HR 200000 8 7 8
1004 D QA 200000 8 7 9
1001 A HR 100000 10 8 10

1.FindthepersonwhoisgettinghighestsalaryintheorganizationusingDENSE_RANK

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ApplyingranksortinginsalarydescendingorderusingDENSE_RANK.
SELECT
id,name,dept,salary,DENSE_RANK()over(ORDERBYsalaryDESC)asrankorder
FROMemployee
ORDERBYrankorder

id name dept salary rankorder

1009 I TECH 900000 1

1006 F TECH 800000 2

1005 E QA 700000 3

1008 H QA 700000 3

1010 J QA 600000 4

1007 G TECH 400000 5

1003 C HR 300000 6

1002 B HR 200000 7

1004 D QA 200000 7

1001 A HR 100000 8

Selectingthefirstrankalonebyusingrankthefunctionaliasnameinwherecondition(WHERErankorder=1),
SELECT
*
FROM(SELECTid,name,dept,salary,DENSE_RANK()OVER(ORDERBYsalaryDESC)asrankorder
FROMemployee)a
WHERErankorder=1;

id name dept salary rankorder

1009 I TECH 900000 1

2.Findthepersonwhoisgettinghighestsalaryineachdeptwise

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ApplyingthepartitionclausebydeptandsalaryindescendingorderusingDENSE_RANK.
SELECT
id,name,dept,salary,
DENSE_RANK()OVER(PARTITIONBYdeptORDERBYsalaryDESC)asrankorder
FROMemployee
ORDERBYdept,rankorder

id name dept salary rankorder

1003 C HR 300000 1
1002 B HR 200000 2
1001 A HR 100000 3
1005 E QA 700000 1
1008 H QA 700000 1
1010 J QA 600000 2
1004 D QA 200000 3
1009 I TECH 900000 1
1006 F TECH 800000 2
1007 G TECH 400000 3

Selectingthefirstrankalonebyusingrankthefunctionaliasnameinwherecondition(WHERErankorder=1),
SELECT
*
FROM(SELECTid,name,dept,salary,DENSE_RANK()OVER(PARTITIONBYdeptORDERBYsalaryDESC)asrankorderFROMemployee)a
WHERErankorder=1;

id name dept salary rankorder

1003 C HR 300000 1
1005 E QA 700000 1
1008 H QA 700000 1
1009 I TECH 900000 1

3.Findthepersonwhoisgettingnthhighestsalaryineachdeptwisebetweenanyspecifiedrange(forexample10to20)

SelectingtherecordswhichfallbetweenarangeofrankusingbetweeninWHEREcondition,
SELECT
*

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FROM(SELECTid,name,dept,salary,DENSE_RANK()OVER(PARTITIONBYdeptORDERBYsalaryDESC)asrankorderFROMemployee)a
WHERErankorderbetween2and3;

id name dept salary rankorder

1002 B HR 200000 2
1001 A HR 100000 3
1010 J QA 600000 2
1004 D QA 200000 3
1006 F TECH 800000 2
1007 G TECH 400000 3

FormoreinformationsaboutRANK,DENSE_RANKandROW_NUMBERreferhere.

Author:balakrishnan
8yearsofexperienceinETLtestingwithstrongknowledgeofdatawarehouseconceptsandETLconcepts.Alwayspassionateaboutlearningnew
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