On 8/2/06, bruce <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hi... i have a tbl fooTBL name parentID ID so a name can have might have a parentID, as well as an ID. 'name's are associated with other 'name's via the parentID. in other words, if a name's parentID == a name's ID, name1 is the parent of name2. name parentID ID foo - 1 cat 1 2 dog 2 3 my question, how can i come up with a sql query that will list all the children (and children's children...) of a top level item? i had done this awhile ago.. but can't recall how i did it..
you can try tablefunc contrib module, or recursive pl/pgsql http://people.planetpostgresql.org/merlin/index.php?/archives/2-Dealing-With-Recursive-Sets-With-PLPGSQL.html merlin
