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How to Retrieve THIRD Largest value of a column in the Table


Below is shown the "Orders" table:

OrderID CustomerID Date Amount
D001 C001 4/3/2007 12:00:00 AM 150.23
D002 C003 1/22/2005 12:00:00 AM 123.57
D003 C005 3/19/2003 12:00:00 AM 220.43
D004 C007 7/21/2008 12:00:00 AM 157.72
D005 C008 2/28/2009 12:00:00 AM 223.78
D006 C011 3/21/2005 12:00:00 AM 245.34

SQL - THIRD Largest value


To retrieve the THIRD Largest value from the Amount column in the "Orders" Table.

Text Editor below has the SQL Query, click the "View Result" button, to see the result.

Select MIN(Amount) as ThirdLargest From Orders
Where Amount IN (
Select TOP 3 Amount from Orders
ORDER BY Amount Desc);

Note: The SUBQUERY fetches the top 3 Maximum values of the Amount column and that is used by the Main Query. In the Main Query the MIN function is used to get the least value from it.

SQL in Text Editor:








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