MySQL: Count entries without grouping?

Question

I want to pull results and count how many of each name is pulled but without grouping...

for example I want this:

John Doe 3
John Doe 3
John Doe 3
Mary J         


        

Answer 1

SELECT b.name, a.the_count
FROM
  some_table b, 
  (SELECT name, COUNT(*) AS the_count
  FROM some_table
  GROUP BY name) AS a
WHERE b.name = a.name