Answer by Leigh Riffel for How do I limit the number of rows returned by an Oracle query after ordering?

An analytic solution with only one nested query:

SELECT * FROM(   SELECT t.*, Row_Number() OVER (ORDER BY name) MyRow FROM sometable t) WHERE MyRow BETWEEN 10 AND 20;

Rank() could be substituted for Row_Number() but might return more records than you are expecting if there are duplicate values for name.