RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Listing parent ids

2011-07-28 Thread Arno Kuhl
If your data is based upon parentid and uniqueid, then you will need to change your data... http://data.bangtech.com/sql/nested_set_treeview.htm and once you've done that and find you can't deal with things (maybe it isn't for you), then http://pratchev.blogspot.com/2007/02/convert-tree-structure

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Listing parent ids

2011-07-28 Thread Jim Giner
""Arno Kuhl"" wrote in message news:DB930522404B4552B8A15AF991C57E30@point01... > > Hi Jim. Only one linked list of parentids. No siblings. > Multiple records can have the same parentid, but that doesn't play a role. > Okay. So you want only one 'family tree' at any given time, and a tree is a

RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Listing parent ids

2011-07-28 Thread Arno Kuhl
> Hi Jim. I wanted the list of related parentids from current id to > top-level > (parentid=0). Ah - now that is a much different question! >From your statement above, are you now saying you only want ONE list of related ids, not the entire society of possible 'families' in your table? Als

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Listing parent ids

2011-07-28 Thread Richard Quadling
On 28 July 2011 14:09, Arno Kuhl wrote: >> >> I have a table with an id and a parentid. >> If it's a top-level record the parentid is 0, otherwise it points to >> another record, and if that record isn't a top-level record its >> parentid points to another record, etc (a linked list). >> >> Is the

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Listing parent ids

2011-07-28 Thread Jim Giner
""Arno Kuhl"" wrote in message news:D349CC15D13F48DD8D4F6ED70062138C@point01... > > > Hi Jim. I wanted the list of related parentids from current id to > top-level > (parentid=0). Ah - now that is a much different question! >From your statement above, are you now saying you only want ONE

RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Listing parent ids

2011-07-28 Thread Arno Kuhl
> > I have a table with an id and a parentid. > If it's a top-level record the parentid is 0, otherwise it points to > another record, and if that record isn't a top-level record its > parentid points to another record, etc (a linked list). > > Is there a single select that will return the comple

[PHP-DB] Re: Listing parent ids

2011-07-28 Thread Jim Giner
""Arno Kuhl"" wrote in message news:487F03135D2B452B89F22C95E278C7D4@point01... > > I have a table with an id and a parentid. > If it's a top-level record the parentid is 0, otherwise it points to > another > record, and if that record isn't a top-level record its parentid points to > another r