Not with a nested set, only with an adjacency list. With a nested set, if you delete an ancestor, the decendants just move up a level with no DB modification.
cheers, barneyb On 1/31/06, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you deleted an element, any children (and children of children) would > become orphans. So you'd at least have to change the association of the > child of the deleted record. > -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230887 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
