Simple dumb sql query

Question

New user here and I haven't been able to find an answer to this. My table looks like
Name Code Date Issued Date Returned
Smith 22 10/05/05 10/10/05
Smith 3 10/05/05 10/06/05
Smith 102 10/10/05 10/12/05
Jones 1 10/10/05 10/11/05
Code is unique. I want a report for each user that looks like
Smith 3 10/05/05 10/10/05
22 10/05/05 10/06/05
102 10/10/05 10/12/05
Where the column "Name" does not repeat the value. I have tried various combinations of order by but can't get "name" to stop repeating, and have searched the FAQs and docs but can't find how to do this...I'm sure it's something simple I'm not seeing...thanks in advance

Answer 1

create table mytable (
    name        varchar2(20)
,   code        number
,   date_issued date
,   date_returned date)
insert into mytable values ('Smith', 22, to_date('10/05/05','MM/DD/YY'), to_date('10/10/05','MM/DD/YY'))
insert into mytable values ('Smith', 3, to_date('10/05/05','MM/DD/YY'), to_date('10/06/05','MM/DD/YY'))
insert into mytable values ('Smith', 102, to_date('10/10/05','MM/DD/YY'), to_date('10/12/05','MM/DD/YY'))
insert into mytable values ('Jones', 1, to_date('10/10/05','MM/DD/YY'), to_date('10/11/05','MM/DD/YY'))
select  decode(grp_rn, 1, name, null) name
,       code
,       date_issued
,       date_returned
from    (   select  m.*
            ,       row_number() over (partition by m.name order by m.name, m.code) grp_rn
            from    mytable m
NAME     CODE     DATE_ISSUED     DATE_RETURNED
Jones     1     10/10/2005     10/11/2005
Smith     3     10/5/2005     10/6/2005
     22     10/5/2005     10/10/2005
     102     10/10/2005     10/12/2005Message was edited by:
splazm