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December 12th, 2003, 08:12 AM

oxy_k

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simple query

hi there,

I'm not sure if this is the correct place for my query -

i'm an sql newbie and my query is quite basic

i have to return the job types whose minimum salary is greater then the average salary for salesman.

i know this is a subquery within a subquery but i cant get it to work. i split it into 2 parts just to get the separate results but when put part2 as a subquery of part1 it doesnt work
part 1

Code:

select min(sal), job
from emp
group by job;

part 2

Code:

select avg(sal)
from emp
where job = 'SALESMAN';

Code:

select job
from emp
where sal > (select min(sal) from emp
where sal > (select avg(sal) from emp
where job = 'SALESMAN'));

Please forgive my ignorance and if this isnt the correct forum for this query could someone redirect me to the correct one. Thanks!!

December 12th, 2003, 11:15 AM

Dan Drillich

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I think the following does it:

select min(sal), job
from emp
group by job
having min(sal) > ( select avg(sal)
from emp
where job = 'SALESMAN')

Regards,
Dan

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