Use multiple analytical functions
SQL> SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee( 2 ID VARCHAR2(4 BYTE) NOT NULL, 3 First_Name VARCHAR2(20 BYTE), 4 Last_Name VARCHAR2(20 BYTE), 5 Start_Date DATE, 6 End_Date DATE, 7 Salary Number(8,2), 8 City VARCHAR2(20 BYTE), 9 Description VARCHAR2(80 BYTE) 10 ) 11 / Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description) 2 values ('01','Jason', 'Martin', to_date('19960725','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('20060725','YYYYMMDD'), 1234.56, 'Toronto', 'Programmer') 3 / 1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description) 2 values('02','Alison', 'Mathews', to_date('19760321','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19860221','YYYYMMDD'), 2234.78, 'Vancouver','Tester') 3 / 1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description) 2 values('03','James', 'Smith', to_date('19781212','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19900315','YYYYMMDD'), 2324.78, 'Vancouver','Tester') 3 / 1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description) 2 values('04','Celia', 'Rice', to_date('19821024','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19990421','YYYYMMDD'), 3334.78, 'Vancouver','Manager') 3 / 1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description) 2 values('05','Robert', 'Black', to_date('19840115','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19980808','YYYYMMDD'), 4334.78, 'Vancouver','Tester') 3 / 1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description) 2 values('06','Linda', 'Green', to_date('19870730','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19960104','YYYYMMDD'), 5334.78,'New York', 'Tester') 3 / 1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description) 2 values('07','David', 'Larry', to_date('19901231','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19980212','YYYYMMDD'), 6334.78,'New York', 'Manager') 3 / 1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description) 2 values('08','James', 'Cat', to_date('19960917','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('20020415','YYYYMMDD'), 7334.78,'Vancouver', 'Tester') 3 / 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee 2 / ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION ---- -------------------- -------------------- --------- --------- ---------- -------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 2234.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 2324.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 3334.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 4334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 5334.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 6334.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 7334.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> -- multiple analytical functions SQL> SQL> SELECT id, first_name, salary, 2 RANK() OVER(ORDER BY salary desc) toprank_orig, 3 salary, 4 RANK() OVER(ORDER BY Start_Date desc) toprank_curr 5 FROM employee 6 ORDER BY first_name; ID FIRST_NAME SALARY TOPRANK_ORIG SALARY TOPRANK_CURR ---- -------------------- ---------- ------------ ---------- ------------ 02 Alison 2234.78 7 2234.78 8 04 Celia 3334.78 5 3334.78 6 07 David 6334.78 2 6334.78 3 08 James 7334.78 1 7334.78 1 03 James 2324.78 6 2324.78 7 01 Jason 1234.56 8 1234.56 2 06 Linda 5334.78 3 5334.78 4 05 Robert 4334.78 4 4334.78 5 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee 2 / Table dropped. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL>