Selecting top n elements of a group in Oracle

Question

I have an Oracle table which has a name,value,time columns.Basically the table is for logging purposes to store what are the changes made to a particular name,what was the p

Answer 1

select * from (select name, value, 
time, ROW_NUMBER OVER (PARTITION BY name ORDER BY name) change_no
from table )
where change_no <= 100 AND name ="abc"
ORDER BY TIME

Assuming name remain same, and changes are made to the "value".