On 8/2/06, bruce <bedouglas@earthlink.net> 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
