Re: [SQL] improvements to query with hierarchical elements

2008-01-25 Thread Steve Midgley
At 07:24 PM 1/22/2008, you wrote: Hi all, I have created a little test database to help illustrate my situation. CREATE TABLE categories ( id integer NOT NULL, name character varying(255) NOT NULL, description character varying(255), vocabulary_id integer, derived boolean )

Re: [SQL] improvements to query with hierarchical elements

2008-01-21 Thread Steve Midgley
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:01:08 -0800 From: Ryan Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: improvements to query with hierarchical elements Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greetings, I have a complex query which I am trying to figure out the most efficient way of perfo

[SQL] improvements to query with hierarchical elements

2008-01-20 Thread Ryan Wallace
Greetings, I have a complex query which I am trying to figure out the most efficient way of performing. My database is laid out as follows: items -have_many-> events -have_many-> event_locations -have_many-> locations also rows in the location_links table link two locations together in