On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 9:55 AM David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 5:21 AM Ibrahim Shaame <ishaame@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> But what I want to get is grandfather - father - children: >> >> 1 - Grandfather1 >> >> 3 - father1-1 >> >> 6 - son1-1 >> >> 7 – son1-2 >> >> 4 - Father1-2 >> >> 8 - son2-1 >> >> 2 – Grandfather2 >> >> 5 - Father2-1 >> >> etc >> >> >> Any suggestion >> > > If you want a different ordering of the output change the ORDER BY specification. > > Specifically, you want to order by the path of each person. Since that can only be determined during the traversal you need to create the path data yourself. I suggest using an integer[] (integer array) to store the path using ID values as breadcrumbs. > > (Not the OP just someone following the list trying to learn.)
'using ID values as breadcrumbs' - - - can I interpret that to mean the ordinal numbers 1-8 listed (more implied)?
Yes, the numbers 1-8 are the values assigned to these 8 example individuals as their unique identifiers.
