What's the difference between RANK() and DENSE_RANK() functions in oracle?
What's the difference between RANK() and DENSE_RANK() functions? How to find out nth salary in the following emptbl table?
DEPTNO EMPNAME SAL
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10 rrr 10000.00
11 nnn 20000.00
11 mmm 5000.00
12 kkk 30000.00
10 fff 40000.00
10 ddd 40000.00
10 bbb 50000.00
10 ccc 50000.00
If in the table data having nulls, what will happen if I want to find out the nth salary?