Re: recursive function - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Jim C. Nasby
Subject Re: recursive function
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Msg-id 20051220182555.GW28771@pervasive.com
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In response to recursive function  (Klein Balázs <Balazs.Klein@axelero.hu>)
List pgsql-general
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 06:58:41PM +0100, Klein Bal?zs wrote:
> In practice however this doesn?t seem to work as the function never returns.
>
> Should this work in theory? Is this the recommended approach?

I can' think of any reason why it wouldn't work; have you tried adding
RAISE statements to see what's actually happening?

Also, you should look at contrib/ltree; it might be a better way to do
what you're trying to do. Celko's book SQL For Smarties also has some
different ways to store hierarchies; unfortunately it's not handy or I
could give you some google search terms, but the book's worthy buying
anyway. Apparently he's also got a book that's dedicated to hierarchies
and graphs, but I don't know how good it is.
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