Filip RembiaĆkowski schrieb:
2010/1/19 Andreas <maps...@gmx.net <mailto:maps...@gmx.net>>
Hi,
I need something like the user-roles of PG to store options of my
users.
I guess i need a table with roles, options and one that stores the
refernces from roles to options.
roles (role_id, role_name)
option (option_id, option_name)
role_has_option (role_fk, option_fk)
so far is easy. Now I can let role1 have option1 and option2 ...
But I'd further like to let role2 inherit role1's options and also
have option3.
role_inherits_role (parent_role_fk, child_role_fk)
1, 2
What SELECT would deliver all options for role2 inkluding the
inherited ones?
like
role_id, option_id
2, 1
2, 2
2, 3
select role_fk as role_id, option_fk as option_id from role_has_option
where role_fk = 2
union
select inh.child_role_fk, opt.option_fk from role_has_option opt join
role_inherits_role inh on inh.parent_role_fk = opt.role_fk where
inh.child_role_fk = 2
Thanks.
I am looking for a more general solution that expands even multiple
steps of inheritance like a more complex example:
role_1 --> option_1 + option_2
role_2 --> option_3 and inherits role_1
role_3 --> option_2 + option_4
role_4 --> option_5 and inherits role_2 and role_3
I need a general solution that gives all options for any given role
including every inherited options over a unlimited hierarchy of parents.
Sounds complex, I know, but this is what PG does with its user-roles.
So I'd do in this example a SELECT ... WHERE role_id = 4
and get
4, 5 directly
4, 3 from role_2
4, 1 from role_1 over role_2
4, 2 from role_1 over role_2
4, 2 from role_3 (inherited double occurance)
4, 4 from role_4
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