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Keep Only the Latest Salary Per Employee (Deduplication)

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Problem Statement

salaries_history holds multiple rows per employee. Keep only the most recent record per employee (latest effective_date). Use ROW_NUMBER. Return employee_id, salary, effective_date — ordered by employee_id.

Relevant Tables

salaries_history

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