I've got a recursive query that's really stretching the limits of this Java monkey's SQL knowledge. Now that it's finally 1:30 in the AM, it's probably time to start looking for some help. This is one of the few times Google has failed me.
The table is as follows:
Parent_ID CHILD_ID QTY
25 26 1
25 27 2
26 28 1
26 29 1
26 30 2
27 31 1
27 32 1
27 33 2
I'm trying to get the following result, where the parent has every child listed below them. Note that the qty's cascade as well.
BASE PARENT_ID CHILD_ID QTY
25 25 26 1
25 25 27 2
25 26 28 1
25 26 29 1
25 26 30 1
25 27 31 2
25 27 32 2
25 27 33 4
26 26 28 1
26 26 29 1
26 26 30 2
27 27 31 1
27 27 32 1
27 27 33 2
I've tried several deviations of the following to no avail.
SELECT *
FROM MD_BOMS
START WITH PARENT_ID is not null
CONNECT BY PRIOR CHILD_ID = PARENT_ID
ORDER BY PARENT_ID, CHILD_ID
I'm using the Oracle database. Any suggestions, ideas, etc. would be greatly appreciated. This seems close, but I'm not sure if it's what I'm looking for: Retrieve all Children and their Children, recursive SQL
Based on ( Retrieve all Children and their Children, recursive SQL )I've also tried the following but receive an "illegal reference ofa query name in WITH clause" error:
with cte as (
select CHILD_ID, PARENT_ID, CHILD_ID as head
from MD_BOMS
where PARENT_ID is not null
union all
select ch.CHILD_ID, ch.PARENT_ID, p.head
from MD_BOMS ch
join cte pa
on pa.CHILD_ID = ch.PARENT_ID
)
select *
from cte
@AlexPoole answer is great, I just want to extend his answer with more intuitive variant of query for summing values along a path.
This variant based on recursive subquery factoring feature, introduced in Oracle 11g R2
.
with recursion_view(base, parent_id, child_id, qty) as (
-- first step, get rows to start with
select
parent_id base,
parent_id,
child_id,
qty
from
md_boms
union all
-- subsequent steps
select
-- retain base value from previous level
previous_level.base,
-- get information from current level
current_level.parent_id,
current_level.child_id,
-- accumulate sum
(previous_level.qty + current_level.qty) as qty
from
recursion_view previous_level,
md_boms current_level
where
current_level.parent_id = previous_level.child_id
)
select
base, parent_id, child_id, qty
from
recursion_view
order by
base, parent_id, child_id
SQLFiddle example (extended with one data row to demonstrate work with more then 2 levels)