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

This uses group by but gets the output in the format you want.

SELECT Name, NG.NameCount
FROM Names
INNER JOIN
    (SELECT Name, Count(1) As NameCount
    FROM Names
    GROUP BY Name) NG
ON Names.Name = NG.Name