Question

i have one table named users. In this table i have one column named credits(not unique).
Now i want the second highest user accroding to the users credits. If the credits field is unique thenmy below query is working fine

SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY credits DESC LIMIT 1 , 1

But , if the users credit is not unique then its create problem for retrive me data
suppose,

mack has 200 credits
jack has 200 credits
rock has 150 credits

when i has this types of record then,in output of this query i want the rock record not jack

can anyone help me to find out the correct value ?

thanks in advance

Answer 1

SELECT  a.*
FROM    users a
        INNER JOIN
        (
            SELECT DISTINCT credits
            FROM users
            ORDER BY credits desc
            LIMIT 1,1
        ) b ON a.credits = b.credits

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