SQL subqueries on employee Database: Find the details of highest paid employee

SQL subqueries on employee Database: Exercise-18 with Solution

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18. From the following table, write a SQL query to find the highest paid employee. Return complete information about the employees.

Sample table: employees

Sample Solution:

SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE salary IN
    (SELECT max(salary)
     FROM employees);

Sample Output:

 emp_id | emp_name | job_name  | manager_id | hire_date  | salary  | commission | dep_id
--------+----------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+------------+--------
  68319 | KAYLING  | PRESIDENT |            | 1991-11-18 | 6000.00 |            |   1001
(1 row)

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Structure of employee Database:

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