you should have specified this earlier.
SELECT Vendor_Code,Item
FROM
(
SELECT B.Vendor_Code,A.Item,COUNT(B.Vendor_Code) OVER (PARTITION BY A.Item) AS Cnt
FROM Purch_Inv_Line A, Purch_Inv_Header B
WHERE A."Document No_"=B.Item and B."Posting Date" BETWEEN '2010-01-01' AND '2010-12-31'
)t
WHERE Cnt =1
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