| From: | Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> |
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| To: | Daniel Caune <daniel(dot)caune(at)ubisoft(dot)com> |
| Cc: | postgresql sql list <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: connectby documentation |
| Date: | 2006-03-13 16:12:07 |
| Message-ID: | 20060313161207.GA70136@winnie.fuhr.org |
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On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 10:37:37AM -0500, Daniel Caune wrote:
> I'm searching for an Oracle START WITH ... CONNECT BY PRIOR ...
> equivalence. It seems that PostgreSQL (version >= 7.4) supports a
> function connectby that provides similar feature. Unfortunately I don't
> find any documentation on that function. Could you please give me a
> link on such documentation?
connectby() is part of the contrib/tablefunc module. You'll need
to install that module and load it into your database.
Somebody has made a CONNECT BY patch but the developers have objected
to it for various reasons. Search the list archives for discussion.
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Michael Fuhr
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