Ovid <curtis_ovid_poe@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > My apologies. This isn't PG-specific, but since this is running on PostgreSQL 8.4, maybe there are specific features which might help. > I have a tree structure in a table and it uses materialized paths to allow me to find children quickly. However, I also need to sort the results depth-first, as one would expect with threaded forum replies. I think contrib/ltree might help you here. However, it seems to sort node names textually rather than numerically, so you might need to change it a bit for your own purposes. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general