Arno Kuhl wrote:
I'm currently using MySQL but I'll switch databases if there's a compelling reason and no drawbacks. Thanks for the lead, I'm googling recursive queries.
'common table expression' is the thing to google for, but MSDN seem to have hijacked all the top spots. http://syntaxhelp.com/SQLServer/Recursive_CTE is a nice example of what you outlined ...
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