MS SQLのテーブルから「N番目の最大」の値だけを取得する方法は？

Question

給与が列の1つである「従業員」テーブルがあるとします。

テーブルから「最高第N最高給与」を取得したいとします。

これはどのように簡単に取得できますか？

Answer 1

SELECT TOP 1 employee.name, employee.salary from (
    SELECT TOP N employee.name, employee.salary 
    FROM employee 
    ORDER BY employee.salary DESC) 

これは上からN番目を与えます。

Answer 2

SELECT TOP N employee.name, employee.salary 
FROM employee 
ORDER BY employee.salary DESC 

？

Answer 3

SELECT TOP 1 Salary FROM 
(SELECT TOP(N) Salary FROM Employee 
ORDER BY Salary DESC) E 

Answer 4

WITH (
     SELECT e.*, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY employee.salary DESC) AS rn 
     FROM employee 
     ) AS q 
SELECT * 
FROM q 
WHERE rn = @n 

Answer 5

SELECT TOP 1 * FROM Employees 
    ORDER BY Employees.Salary DESC 

Answer 6

SELECT TOP 1 E.Salary 
FROM (SELECT TOP(N) Salary 
     FROM Employee 
     ORDER BY Salary DESC) E 
ORDER BY E.Salary