After you finish reading about cursors, look for the alternatives and reasons why cursors hurt your performance :-)
--- Billy Cravens -----Original Message----- From: Tim Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 3:01 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL Booger of a query Look in the books online at cursors. I am still only learning them myself, but they will allow you to do this. If you get the SQL below working let me know, because that's just cool. Tim Heald ACP/CCFD Application Development www.schoollink.net -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 3:54 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SQL Booger of a query Not actual working code. And probably horrible SQL, but its all I know how to do. That said, it might get you started. select a.name as gparent, b.name as parent, c.name as child from db as a, db as b, db as c where a.parent=0 and b.parent=1 and b.child=0 and c.grandparent=b.grandparent and b.grandparent=a.grandparent Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/24/02 03:36PM >>> Explain what you mean Thanks Paul Giesenhagen QuillDesign http://www.quilldesign.com SiteDirector v2.0 - Commerce Builder > Doable? Implementation depends on your database and structure. > > --- > Billy Cravens > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Giesenhagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:14 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: OT: SQL Booger of a query > > I have the following table > > Name Grandparent Parent Child > ======================================== > Fishing 100 0 0 > Reels 100 1 0 > Baitcast 100 1 1 > Spinning 100 1 2 > Hunting 200 0 0 > Archery 200 1 0 > Bows 200 1 1 > > I am going nuts trying to write a query that will give the final result > of: > > Fishing/Reels/Baitcast > Fishing/Reels/Spinning > Hunting/Archery/Bows > ect... > > Is this possible to do in a query? > > Any help from you master minds would be helpful... My request was to not > have queries within a loop so I am not sure it is doable .. ANY > suggestions welcome! > > Paul Giesenhagen > QuillDesign > http://www.quilldesign.com > SiteDirector v2.0 - Commerce Builder > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists

