SQL subqueries on employee Database: List the result in descending order of salary.

SQL subqueries on employee Database: Exercise-11 with Solution

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11. From the following table, write a SQL query to find those employees whose salary is the same as the salary of FRANK or SANDRINE. Sort the result-set in descending order by salary. Return complete information about the employees.

Sample table: employees

Sample Solution:

SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE salary IN
    (SELECT salary
     FROM employees e
     WHERE e.emp_name IN ('FRANK',
                          'BLAZE')
       AND employees.emp_id <> e.emp_id);

OR

SELECT *
FROM employees 
WHERE salary IN
    (SELECT salary
     FROM employees e
     WHERE (emp_name = 'FRANK'
            OR emp_name = 'BLAZE')
AND employees.emp_id <> e.emp_id)
ORDER BY salary DESC;

Sample Output:

 emp_id | emp_name | job_name | manager_id | hire_date  | salary  | commission | dep_id
--------+----------+----------+------------+------------+---------+------------+--------
  67858 | SCARLET  | ANALYST  |      65646 | 1997-04-19 | 3100.00 |            |   2001
(1 row)

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Structure of employee Database:

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