Re: functionality like Oracle's "connect by"

David,

I suggest our search on postgresql resources:
http://www.pgsql.ru/db/pgsearch/index.html?q=%22connect+by%22+oracle

Oleg

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, David Parker wrote:

> I know this question has been discussed, probably multiple times, but I
> can't seem to access archives.postgresql.org today....
>
> I need to select all the rows in a table with two fields: parent_id and
> child_id that participate in the same logical "tree". In other words,
> given an id value, I want to find where child_id = my-value, and then
> retrieve the values in the tree above it.
>
> The functionality I'm looking for is essentially the Oracle "connect
> by". Does anything like this exist for postgresql? If not, does anybody
> have a clever solution? (My not-so-clever first pass involved recursing
> in my Java program, but the stack-space-abuse police are knocking on my
> door....)
>
> Again, apologies for asking something that's probably already been
> discussed ad nauseum on this list...
>
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Regards,
Oleg
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