On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 10:08:10 -0300, Alexander Burbello <burbello3000@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I need to know if Postgres do recursive search and how can I do! There is a contrib module (tablefunc I think) that allows recursive queries. However in your example below, you don't actuall need recursion, just self joins of the table. > I will explain my problem. > > > table COOPERATIVE > code_cooperative int > code_coo_father int > > I can have 3 level by business rules > > 1 - Father > ----- 2 - Children > --------- 3 - Grandchildren > > > I would like to have a query asking who is father and granfather > select grandfather, father from COOPERATIVE where COD_COOPERATIVE = 3 > > Do the Postgres can solve this problem? > Could anybody help me? You can do something like the following (untested, beware of typos): SELECT a.code_cooperative as child, a.code_coo_father as father, b.code_coo_father as grandfather FROM cooperative a, cooperative b WHERE a.code_coo_father = b.code_cooperative AND a.code_cooperative = 3 ;