On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 6:04 AM abhijit <[email protected]> wrote:

> I need to create the following (data representation) -
> Part P
> - Part X
>     - Part Z
>
> Part Q
> - Part X
>     - Part Z
>
> I was thinking this could be done by using a directed acyclic graph (dag)?
>
> So, I was thinking of having two tables -
>
> *Parts (Vertices)*
> Id  Name
> 1   P
> 2   Q
> 3   X
> 4   Z
>
> *Connections (Edges)*
> Id    from    to
> 1    P    X
> 2    X    Z
> 3    Q    X
> (In this table, the *from* and the *to* represent the Ids from the *Parts*
> table)
>
> Is there any plugin available to get me the hierarchy e.g. when I'm
> starting from P or when I'm starting from Q?
>
> I've looked into the rcte_tree and the tree plugin. Could these be used
> here?
>

rcte_tree may work.  It's designed for trees and not dags, and I haven't
tested it with dags, so I'm not sure.  But in general you would want to use
an recursive CTE for this.  Can you try rcte_tree and see it if works for
your use case?

Thanks,
Jeremy

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