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Old 04-17-2008, 04:09 PM
Chris L.
 
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Default Hierarchical Subquery must omit nodes

Hi all,

I thought this would be easy but it's turning out to be pretty
difficult.

I need a hierarchical query to omit nodes present in a EXCLUDED_NODES
table.
Omitted nodes' children should be omitted too.

See this example taken from http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B...121a.htm#88362

SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
"Path"
FROM employees
START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;

Path
---------------------------------------------------------------
/Kochhar
/Kochhar/Greenberg
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
/Kochhar/Whalen
/Kochhar/Mavris
/Kochhar/Baer
/Kochhar/Higgins
/Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

If I have Greenberg in EXCLUDED_NODES then output should be

Path
---------------------------------------------------------------
/Kochhar
/Kochhar/Whalen
/Kochhar/Mavris
/Kochhar/Baer
/Kochhar/Higgins
/Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

Excluded node can be in any depth of the hierarchy (i.e. it could be
Gietz and then Gietz and all of its dependent sub-tree should be
pruned)

I've tried filtering the START WITH and works great but doesn't help
when the excluded node is somewhere deep in the hierarchy.

I've tried filtering the CONNECT BY but it cannot contain subqueries
(manual states this).

I've tried using the SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH to parse it and see if it
contains an excluded node but I got an Ora-00600 error.

ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [rworupo.2], [26670], [1],
[], [], [], [], []

Oracle version is 9i

Thanks in advance!
Chris
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Old 04-17-2008, 04:09 PM
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Default Re: Hierarchical Subquery must omit nodes

On Apr 16, 12:16*pm, "Chris L." <diver...@uol.com.ar> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I thought this would be easy but it's turning out to be pretty
> difficult.
>
> I need a hierarchical query to omit nodes present in a EXCLUDED_NODES
> table.
> Omitted nodes' children should be omitted too.
>
> See this example taken fromhttp://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96540/functi...
>
> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
> "Path"
> * *FROM employees
> * *START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> * *CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;
>
> Path
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> */Kochhar
> * */Kochhar/Greenberg
> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
> * */Kochhar/Whalen
> * */Kochhar/Mavris
> * */Kochhar/Baer
> * */Kochhar/Higgins
> * * */Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>
> If I have Greenberg in EXCLUDED_NODES then output should be
>
> Path
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> */Kochhar
> * */Kochhar/Whalen
> * */Kochhar/Mavris
> * */Kochhar/Baer
> * */Kochhar/Higgins
> * * */Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>
> Excluded node can be in any depth of the hierarchy (i.e. it could be
> Gietz and then Gietz and all of its dependent sub-tree should be
> pruned)
>
> I've tried filtering the START WITH and works great but doesn't help
> when the excluded node is somewhere deep in the hierarchy.
>
> I've tried filtering the CONNECT BY but it cannot contain subqueries
> (manual states this).
>
> I've tried using the SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH to parse it and see if it
> contains an excluded node but I got an Ora-00600 error.
>
> ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [rworupo.2], [26670], [1],
> [], [], [], [], []
>
> Oracle version is 9i
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Chris


Why wouldn't this work:

-- Your original example
SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
"Path"
2 FROM employees
3 START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
4 CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;

Path
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/Kochhar
/Kochhar/Greenberg
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
/Kochhar/Whalen
/Kochhar/Mavris
/Kochhar/Baer
/Kochhar/Higgins
/Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

12 rows selected.

-- 'Filtered' example
SQL> select "Path"
2 from
3 (SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name,
'/') "Path"
4 FROM employees
5 START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
6 CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id)
7 where instr("Path", 'Greenberg') = 0;

Path
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/Kochhar
/Kochhar/Whalen
/Kochhar/Mavris
/Kochhar/Baer
/Kochhar/Higgins
/Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

6 rows selected.

SQL>


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Old 04-17-2008, 04:09 PM
Urs Metzger
 
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Default Re: Hierarchical Subquery must omit nodes

fitzjarrell@cox.net schrieb:
> On Apr 16, 12:16 pm, "Chris L." <diver...@uol.com.ar> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I thought this would be easy but it's turning out to be pretty
>> difficult.
>>
>> I need a hierarchical query to omit nodes present in a EXCLUDED_NODES
>> table.
>> Omitted nodes' children should be omitted too.
>>
>> See this example taken fromhttp://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96540/functi...
>>
>> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
>> "Path"
>> FROM employees
>> START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
>> CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;
>>
>> Path
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> /Kochhar
>> /Kochhar/Greenberg
>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
>> /Kochhar/Whalen
>> /Kochhar/Mavris
>> /Kochhar/Baer
>> /Kochhar/Higgins
>> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>>
>> If I have Greenberg in EXCLUDED_NODES then output should be
>>
>> Path
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> /Kochhar
>> /Kochhar/Whalen
>> /Kochhar/Mavris
>> /Kochhar/Baer
>> /Kochhar/Higgins
>> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>>
>> Excluded node can be in any depth of the hierarchy (i.e. it could be
>> Gietz and then Gietz and all of its dependent sub-tree should be
>> pruned)
>>
>> I've tried filtering the START WITH and works great but doesn't help
>> when the excluded node is somewhere deep in the hierarchy.
>>
>> I've tried filtering the CONNECT BY but it cannot contain subqueries
>> (manual states this).
>>
>> I've tried using the SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH to parse it and see if it
>> contains an excluded node but I got an Ora-00600 error.
>>
>> ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [rworupo.2], [26670], [1],
>> [], [], [], [], []
>>
>> Oracle version is 9i
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>> Chris

>
> Why wouldn't this work:
>
> -- Your original example
> SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
> "Path"
> 2 FROM employees
> 3 START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> 4 CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;
>
> Path
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> /Kochhar
> /Kochhar/Greenberg
> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
> /Kochhar/Whalen
> /Kochhar/Mavris
> /Kochhar/Baer
> /Kochhar/Higgins
> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>
> 12 rows selected.
>
> -- 'Filtered' example
> SQL> select "Path"
> 2 from
> 3 (SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name,
> '/') "Path"
> 4 FROM employees
> 5 START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> 6 CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id)
> 7 where instr("Path", 'Greenberg') = 0;
>
> Path
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> /Kochhar
> /Kochhar/Whalen
> /Kochhar/Mavris
> /Kochhar/Baer
> /Kochhar/Higgins
> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>
> 6 rows selected.
>
> SQL>
>
>
> David Fitzjarrell

David, which Oracle version are you using?

Urs Metzger
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Old 04-17-2008, 04:09 PM
Shakespeare
 
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"fitzjarrell@cox.net" <oratune@msn.com> schreef in bericht
news:57056886-02e4-4188-9b29-b7ddf517bbb7@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
On Apr 16, 12:16 pm, "Chris L." <diver...@uol.com.ar> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I thought this would be easy but it's turning out to be pretty
> difficult.
>
> I need a hierarchical query to omit nodes present in a EXCLUDED_NODES
> table.
> Omitted nodes' children should be omitted too.
>
> See this example taken
> fromhttp://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96540/functi...
>
> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
> "Path"
> FROM employees
> START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;
>
> Path
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> /Kochhar
> /Kochhar/Greenberg
> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
> /Kochhar/Whalen
> /Kochhar/Mavris
> /Kochhar/Baer
> /Kochhar/Higgins
> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>
> If I have Greenberg in EXCLUDED_NODES then output should be
>
> Path
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> /Kochhar
> /Kochhar/Whalen
> /Kochhar/Mavris
> /Kochhar/Baer
> /Kochhar/Higgins
> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>
> Excluded node can be in any depth of the hierarchy (i.e. it could be
> Gietz and then Gietz and all of its dependent sub-tree should be
> pruned)
>
> I've tried filtering the START WITH and works great but doesn't help
> when the excluded node is somewhere deep in the hierarchy.
>
> I've tried filtering the CONNECT BY but it cannot contain subqueries
> (manual states this).
>
> I've tried using the SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH to parse it and see if it
> contains an excluded node but I got an Ora-00600 error.
>
> ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [rworupo.2], [26670], [1],
> [], [], [], [], []
>
> Oracle version is 9i
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Chris


Why wouldn't this work:

-- Your original example
SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
"Path"
2 FROM employees
3 START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
4 CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;

Path
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/Kochhar
/Kochhar/Greenberg
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
/Kochhar/Whalen
/Kochhar/Mavris
/Kochhar/Baer
/Kochhar/Higgins
/Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

12 rows selected.

-- 'Filtered' example
SQL> select "Path"
2 from
3 (SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name,
'/') "Path"
4 FROM employees
5 START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
6 CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id)
7 where instr("Path", 'Greenberg') = 0;

Path
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/Kochhar
/Kochhar/Whalen
/Kochhar/Mavris
/Kochhar/Baer
/Kochhar/Higgins
/Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

6 rows selected.

SQL>


David Fitzjarrell


--------------------------------
This will go wrong if you want to exclude 'Green' but include 'Greenberg'

Shakespeare


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Old 04-17-2008, 04:09 PM
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On Apr 16, 2:21*pm, "Shakespeare" <what...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> "fitzjarr...@cox.net" <orat...@msn.com> schreef in berichtnews:57056886-02e4-4188-9b29-b7ddf517bbb7@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> On Apr 16, 12:16 pm, "Chris L." <diver...@uol.com.ar> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi all,

>
> > I thought this would be easy but it's turning out to be pretty
> > difficult.

>
> > I need a hierarchical query to omit nodes present in a EXCLUDED_NODES
> > table.
> > Omitted nodes' children should be omitted too.

>
> > See this example taken
> > fromhttp://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96540/functi...

>
> > SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
> > "Path"
> > FROM employees
> > START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> > CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;

>
> > Path
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > /Kochhar
> > /Kochhar/Greenberg
> > /Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
> > /Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
> > /Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
> > /Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
> > /Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
> > /Kochhar/Whalen
> > /Kochhar/Mavris
> > /Kochhar/Baer
> > /Kochhar/Higgins
> > /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

>
> > If I have Greenberg in EXCLUDED_NODES then output should be

>
> > Path
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > /Kochhar
> > /Kochhar/Whalen
> > /Kochhar/Mavris
> > /Kochhar/Baer
> > /Kochhar/Higgins
> > /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

>
> > Excluded node can be in any depth of the hierarchy (i.e. it could be
> > Gietz and then Gietz and all of its dependent sub-tree should be
> > pruned)

>
> > I've tried filtering the START WITH and works great but doesn't help
> > when the excluded node is somewhere deep in the hierarchy.

>
> > I've tried filtering the CONNECT BY but it cannot contain subqueries
> > (manual states this).

>
> > I've tried using the SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH to parse it and see if it
> > contains an excluded node but I got an Ora-00600 error.

>
> > ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [rworupo.2], [26670], [1],
> > [], [], [], [], []

>
> > Oracle version is 9i

>
> > Thanks in advance!
> > Chris

>
> Why wouldn't this work:
>
> -- Your original example
> SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
> "Path"
> * 2 * * FROM employees
> * 3 * * START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> * 4 * * CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;
>
> Path
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*-----
> */Kochhar
> * */Kochhar/Greenberg
> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
> * */Kochhar/Whalen
> * */Kochhar/Mavris
> * */Kochhar/Baer
> * */Kochhar/Higgins
> * * */Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>
> 12 rows selected.
>
> -- 'Filtered' example
> SQL> select "Path"
> * 2 *from
> * 3 *(SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name,
> '/') *"Path"
> * 4 * * FROM employees
> * 5 * * START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> * 6 * * CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id)
> * 7 *where instr("Path", 'Greenberg') = 0;
>
> Path
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*-----
> */Kochhar
> * */Kochhar/Whalen
> * */Kochhar/Mavris
> * */Kochhar/Baer
> * */Kochhar/Higgins
> * * */Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>
> 6 rows selected.
>
> SQL>
>
> David Fitzjarrell
>
> --------------------------------
> This will go wrong if you want to exclude 'Green' but include 'Greenberg'
>
> Shakespeare- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


A valid concern. I must admit this was a quick and dirty attempt.

And this is with 10.2.0.3.


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Old 04-17-2008, 04:09 PM
Urs Metzger
 
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fitzjarrell@cox.net schrieb:
> On Apr 16, 2:21 pm, "Shakespeare" <what...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> "fitzjarr...@cox.net" <orat...@msn.com> schreef in berichtnews:57056886-02e4-4188-9b29-b7ddf517bbb7@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>> On Apr 16, 12:16 pm, "Chris L." <diver...@uol.com.ar> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I thought this would be easy but it's turning out to be pretty
>>> difficult.
>>> I need a hierarchical query to omit nodes present in a EXCLUDED_NODES
>>> table.
>>> Omitted nodes' children should be omitted too.
>>> See this example taken
>>> fromhttp://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96540/functi...
>>> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
>>> "Path"
>>> FROM employees
>>> START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
>>> CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;
>>> Path
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> /Kochhar
>>> /Kochhar/Greenberg
>>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
>>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
>>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
>>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
>>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
>>> /Kochhar/Whalen
>>> /Kochhar/Mavris
>>> /Kochhar/Baer
>>> /Kochhar/Higgins
>>> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>>> If I have Greenberg in EXCLUDED_NODES then output should be
>>> Path
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> /Kochhar
>>> /Kochhar/Whalen
>>> /Kochhar/Mavris
>>> /Kochhar/Baer
>>> /Kochhar/Higgins
>>> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>>> Excluded node can be in any depth of the hierarchy (i.e. it could be
>>> Gietz and then Gietz and all of its dependent sub-tree should be
>>> pruned)
>>> I've tried filtering the START WITH and works great but doesn't help
>>> when the excluded node is somewhere deep in the hierarchy.
>>> I've tried filtering the CONNECT BY but it cannot contain subqueries
>>> (manual states this).
>>> I've tried using the SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH to parse it and see if it
>>> contains an excluded node but I got an Ora-00600 error.
>>> ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [rworupo.2], [26670], [1],
>>> [], [], [], [], []
>>> Oracle version is 9i
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>> Chris

>> Why wouldn't this work:
>>
>> -- Your original example
>> SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
>> "Path"
>> 2 FROM employees
>> 3 START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
>> 4 CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;
>>
>> Path
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*-----
>> /Kochhar
>> /Kochhar/Greenberg
>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
>> /Kochhar/Whalen
>> /Kochhar/Mavris
>> /Kochhar/Baer
>> /Kochhar/Higgins
>> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>>
>> 12 rows selected.
>>
>> -- 'Filtered' example
>> SQL> select "Path"
>> 2 from
>> 3 (SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name,
>> '/') "Path"
>> 4 FROM employees
>> 5 START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
>> 6 CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id)
>> 7 where instr("Path", 'Greenberg') = 0;
>>
>> Path
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*-----
>> /Kochhar
>> /Kochhar/Whalen
>> /Kochhar/Mavris
>> /Kochhar/Baer
>> /Kochhar/Higgins
>> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>>
>> 6 rows selected.
>>
>> SQL>
>>
>> David Fitzjarrell
>>
>> --------------------------------
>> This will go wrong if you want to exclude 'Green' but include 'Greenberg'
>>
>> Shakespeare- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -

>
> A valid concern. I must admit this was a quick and dirty attempt.
>
> And this is with 10.2.0.3.
>
>
> David Fitzjarrell

SQL> create table excluded_nodes(last_name varchar2(25));

Tabelle wurde erstellt.

SQL> insert into excluded_nodes values('Greenberg');

1 Zeile wurde erstellt.

SQL> commit;

SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/') "Path"
2 FROM (select *
3 from employees
4 where last_name not in (select last_name
5 from excluded_nodes))
6 START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
7 CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;

Path
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/Kochhar
/Kochhar/Whalen
/Kochhar/Mavris
/Kochhar/Baer
/Kochhar/Higgins
/Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz


hth,
Urs Metzger
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Old 04-17-2008, 04:09 PM
Chris L.
 
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Default Re: Hierarchical Subquery must omit nodes

On Apr 16, 6:43 pm, Urs Metzger <u...@ursmetzger.de> wrote:
> fitzjarr...@cox.net schrieb:
>
> > On Apr 16, 2:21 pm, "Shakespeare" <what...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> >> "fitzjarr...@cox.net" <orat...@msn.com> schreef in berichtnews:57056886-02e4-4188-9b29-b7ddf517bbb7@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> >> On Apr 16, 12:16 pm, "Chris L." <diver...@uol.com.ar> wrote:

>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>> I thought this would be easy but it's turning out to be pretty
> >>> difficult.
> >>> I need a hierarchical query to omit nodes present in a EXCLUDED_NODES
> >>> table.
> >>> Omitted nodes' children should be omitted too.
> >>> See this example taken
> >>> fromhttp://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96540/functi...
> >>> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
> >>> "Path"
> >>> FROM employees
> >>> START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> >>> CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;
> >>> Path
> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> /Kochhar
> >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg
> >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
> >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
> >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
> >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
> >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
> >>> /Kochhar/Whalen
> >>> /Kochhar/Mavris
> >>> /Kochhar/Baer
> >>> /Kochhar/Higgins
> >>> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
> >>> If I have Greenberg in EXCLUDED_NODES then output should be
> >>> Path
> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> /Kochhar
> >>> /Kochhar/Whalen
> >>> /Kochhar/Mavris
> >>> /Kochhar/Baer
> >>> /Kochhar/Higgins
> >>> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
> >>> Excluded node can be in any depth of the hierarchy (i.e. it could be
> >>> Gietz and then Gietz and all of its dependent sub-tree should be
> >>> pruned)
> >>> I've tried filtering the START WITH and works great but doesn't help
> >>> when the excluded node is somewhere deep in the hierarchy.
> >>> I've tried filtering the CONNECT BY but it cannot contain subqueries
> >>> (manual states this).
> >>> I've tried using the SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH to parse it and see if it
> >>> contains an excluded node but I got an Ora-00600 error.
> >>> ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [rworupo.2], [26670], [1],
> >>> [], [], [], [], []
> >>> Oracle version is 9i
> >>> Thanks in advance!
> >>> Chris
> >> Why wouldn't this work:

>
> >> -- Your original example
> >> SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
> >> "Path"
> >> 2 FROM employees
> >> 3 START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> >> 4 CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;

>
> >> Path
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*-----
> >> /Kochhar
> >> /Kochhar/Greenberg
> >> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
> >> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
> >> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
> >> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
> >> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
> >> /Kochhar/Whalen
> >> /Kochhar/Mavris
> >> /Kochhar/Baer
> >> /Kochhar/Higgins
> >> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

>
> >> 12 rows selected.

>
> >> -- 'Filtered' example
> >> SQL> select "Path"
> >> 2 from
> >> 3 (SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name,
> >> '/') "Path"
> >> 4 FROM employees
> >> 5 START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> >> 6 CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id)
> >> 7 where instr("Path", 'Greenberg') = 0;

>
> >> Path
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*-----
> >> /Kochhar
> >> /Kochhar/Whalen
> >> /Kochhar/Mavris
> >> /Kochhar/Baer
> >> /Kochhar/Higgins
> >> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

>
> >> 6 rows selected.

>
> >> SQL>

>
> >> David Fitzjarrell

>
> >> --------------------------------
> >> This will go wrong if you want to exclude 'Green' but include 'Greenberg'

>
> >> Shakespeare- Hide quoted text -

>
> >> - Show quoted text -

>
> > A valid concern. I must admit this was a quick and dirty attempt.

>
> > And this is with 10.2.0.3.

>
> > David Fitzjarrell

>
> SQL> create table excluded_nodes(last_name varchar2(25));
>
> Tabelle wurde erstellt.
>
> SQL> insert into excluded_nodes values('Greenberg');
>
> 1 Zeile wurde erstellt.
>
> SQL> commit;
>
> SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/') "Path"
> 2 FROM (select *
> 3 from employees
> 4 where last_name not in (select last_name
> 5 from excluded_nodes))
> 6 START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> 7 CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;
>
> Path
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> /Kochhar
> /Kochhar/Whalen
> /Kochhar/Mavris
> /Kochhar/Baer
> /Kochhar/Higgins
> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
>
> hth,
> Urs Metzger


Thanks Urs, working with a filtered subset and then applying the
"connect by" to it is a good idea.
Since I would work with employee_id to exclude, do you think it would
be best to filter out both employee_id and manager_id? Or is this a
non-issue?

What do you think of this...? sorry about the column name "last_name",
it would really contain ids.

> SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/') "Path"
> 2 FROM (select *
> 3 from employees
> 4 where not exists (select *
> 5 from excluded_nodes where last_name in (employee_id, manager_id) ))
> 6 START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> 7 CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;


Appreciate it!
Chris
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Default Re: Hierarchical Subquery must omit nodes

On Apr 17, 10:09*am, "Chris L." <diver...@uol.com.ar> wrote:
> On Apr 16, 6:43 pm, Urs Metzger <u...@ursmetzger.de> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > fitzjarr...@cox.net schrieb:

>
> > > On Apr 16, 2:21 pm, "Shakespeare" <what...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > >> "fitzjarr...@cox.net" <orat...@msn.com> schreef in berichtnews:57056886-02e4-4188-9b29-b7ddf517bbb7@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> > >> On Apr 16, 12:16 pm, "Chris L." <diver...@uol.com.ar> wrote:

>
> > >>> Hi all,
> > >>> I thought this would be easy but it's turning out to be pretty
> > >>> difficult.
> > >>> I need a hierarchical query to omit nodes present in a EXCLUDED_NODES
> > >>> table.
> > >>> Omitted nodes' children should be omitted too.
> > >>> See this example taken
> > >>> fromhttp://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96540/functi...
> > >>> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
> > >>> "Path"
> > >>> FROM employees
> > >>> START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> > >>> CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;
> > >>> Path
> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > >>> /Kochhar
> > >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg
> > >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
> > >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
> > >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
> > >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
> > >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
> > >>> /Kochhar/Whalen
> > >>> /Kochhar/Mavris
> > >>> /Kochhar/Baer
> > >>> /Kochhar/Higgins
> > >>> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
> > >>> If I have Greenberg in EXCLUDED_NODES then output should be
> > >>> Path
> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > >>> /Kochhar
> > >>> /Kochhar/Whalen
> > >>> /Kochhar/Mavris
> > >>> /Kochhar/Baer
> > >>> /Kochhar/Higgins
> > >>> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
> > >>> Excluded node can be in any depth of the hierarchy (i.e. it could be
> > >>> Gietz and then Gietz and all of its dependent sub-tree should be
> > >>> pruned)
> > >>> I've tried filtering the START WITH and works great but doesn't help
> > >>> when the excluded node is somewhere deep in the hierarchy.
> > >>> I've tried filtering the CONNECT BY but it cannot contain subqueries
> > >>> (manual states this).
> > >>> I've tried using the SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH to parse it and see if it
> > >>> contains an excluded node but I got an Ora-00600 error.
> > >>> ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [rworupo.2], [26670], [1],
> > >>> [], [], [], [], []
> > >>> Oracle version is 9i
> > >>> Thanks in advance!
> > >>> Chris
> > >> Why wouldn't this work:

>
> > >> -- Your original example
> > >> SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
> > >> "Path"
> > >> * 2 * * FROM employees
> > >> * 3 * * START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> > >> * 4 * * CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;

>
> > >> Path
> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------**-----
> > >> */Kochhar
> > >> * */Kochhar/Greenberg
> > >> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
> > >> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
> > >> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
> > >> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
> > >> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
> > >> * */Kochhar/Whalen
> > >> * */Kochhar/Mavris
> > >> * */Kochhar/Baer
> > >> * */Kochhar/Higgins
> > >> * * */Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

>
> > >> 12 rows selected.

>
> > >> -- 'Filtered' example
> > >> SQL> select "Path"
> > >> * 2 *from
> > >> * 3 *(SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name,
> > >> '/') *"Path"
> > >> * 4 * * FROM employees
> > >> * 5 * * START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> > >> * 6 * * CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id)
> > >> * 7 *where instr("Path", 'Greenberg') = 0;

>
> > >> Path
> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------**-----
> > >> */Kochhar
> > >> * */Kochhar/Whalen
> > >> * */Kochhar/Mavris
> > >> * */Kochhar/Baer
> > >> * */Kochhar/Higgins
> > >> * * */Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

>
> > >> 6 rows selected.

>
> > >> SQL>

>
> > >> David Fitzjarrell

>
> > >> --------------------------------
> > >> This will go wrong if you want to exclude 'Green' but include 'Greenberg'

>
> > >> Shakespeare- Hide quoted text -

>
> > >> - Show quoted text -

>
> > > A valid concern. *I must admit this was a quick and dirty attempt.

>
> > > And this is with 10.2.0.3.

>
> > > David Fitzjarrell

>
> > SQL> create table excluded_nodes(last_name varchar2(25));

>
> > Tabelle wurde erstellt.

>
> > SQL> insert into excluded_nodes values('Greenberg');

>
> > 1 Zeile wurde erstellt.

>
> > SQL> commit;

>
> > SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/') "Path"
> > * *2 * * FROM (select *
> > * *3 * * * * * * from employees
> > * *4 * * * * * *where last_name not in (select last_name
> > * *5 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * *from excluded_nodes))
> > * *6 * * START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> > * *7 * * CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;

>
> > Path
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*-----
> > * /Kochhar
> > * * /Kochhar/Whalen
> > * * /Kochhar/Mavris
> > * * /Kochhar/Baer
> > * * /Kochhar/Higgins
> > * * * /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

>
> > hth,
> > Urs Metzger

>
> Thanks Urs, working with a filtered subset and then applying the
> "connect by" to it is a good idea.
> Since I would work with employee_id to exclude, do you think it would
> be best to filter out both employee_id and manager_id? Or is this a
> non-issue?
>
> What do you think of this...? sorry about the column name "last_name",
> it would really contain ids.
>
> > SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/') "Path"
> > * *2 * * FROM (select *
> > * *3 * * * * * * from employees
> > * *4 * * * * * *where not exists (select *
> > * *5 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * *from excluded_nodes where last_name in (employee_id, manager_id)))
> > * *6 * * START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> > * *7 * * CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;

>
> Appreciate it!
> Chris- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


Your modification won't work; the id values won't ever match up to
the associated name and, in this example, you have no employee_id
column in the excluded_nodes table:

SQL> select *
2 from employees
3 where not exists (select *
4 from excluded_nodes where last_name in
(employee_id, manager_id) );
from excluded_nodes where last_name in (employee_id,
manager_id) )
*
ERROR at line 4:
ORA-01722: invalid number


The query supplied works as expected; if you're having trouble
'translating' it to your specific case then post your query and
someone here can help you with the rewrite.


David Fitzjarrell
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Old 04-17-2008, 04:09 PM
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Default Re: Hierarchical Subquery must omit nodes

On Apr 17, 10:45*am, "fitzjarr...@cox.net" <orat...@msn.com> wrote:
> On Apr 17, 10:09*am, "Chris L." <diver...@uol.com.ar> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Apr 16, 6:43 pm, Urs Metzger <u...@ursmetzger.de> wrote:

>
> > > fitzjarr...@cox.net schrieb:

>
> > > > On Apr 16, 2:21 pm, "Shakespeare" <what...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > > >> "fitzjarr...@cox.net" <orat...@msn.com> schreef in berichtnews:57056886-02e4-4188-9b29-b7ddf517bbb7@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> > > >> On Apr 16, 12:16 pm, "Chris L." <diver...@uol.com.ar> wrote:

>
> > > >>> Hi all,
> > > >>> I thought this would be easy but it's turning out to be pretty
> > > >>> difficult.
> > > >>> I need a hierarchical query to omit nodes present in a EXCLUDED_NODES
> > > >>> table.
> > > >>> Omitted nodes' children should be omitted too.
> > > >>> See this example taken
> > > >>> fromhttp://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96540/functi...
> > > >>> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
> > > >>> "Path"
> > > >>> FROM employees
> > > >>> START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> > > >>> CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;
> > > >>> Path
> > > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >>> /Kochhar
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Whalen
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Mavris
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Baer
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Higgins
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
> > > >>> If I have Greenberg in EXCLUDED_NODES then output should be
> > > >>> Path
> > > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >>> /Kochhar
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Whalen
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Mavris
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Baer
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Higgins
> > > >>> /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz
> > > >>> Excluded node can be in any depth of the hierarchy (i.e. it could be
> > > >>> Gietz and then Gietz and all of its dependent sub-tree should be
> > > >>> pruned)
> > > >>> I've tried filtering the START WITH and works great but doesn't help
> > > >>> when the excluded node is somewhere deep in the hierarchy.
> > > >>> I've tried filtering the CONNECT BY but it cannot contain subqueries
> > > >>> (manual states this).
> > > >>> I've tried using the SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH to parse it and see if it
> > > >>> contains an excluded node but I got an Ora-00600 error.
> > > >>> ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [rworupo.2], [26670], [1],
> > > >>> [], [], [], [], []
> > > >>> Oracle version is 9i
> > > >>> Thanks in advance!
> > > >>> Chris
> > > >> Why wouldn't this work:

>
> > > >> -- Your original example
> > > >> SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
> > > >> "Path"
> > > >> * 2 * * FROM employees
> > > >> * 3 * * START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> > > >> * 4 * * CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;

>
> > > >> Path
> > > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------***-----
> > > >> */Kochhar
> > > >> * */Kochhar/Greenberg
> > > >> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
> > > >> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
> > > >> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
> > > >> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
> > > >> * * */Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
> > > >> * */Kochhar/Whalen
> > > >> * */Kochhar/Mavris
> > > >> * */Kochhar/Baer
> > > >> * */Kochhar/Higgins
> > > >> * * */Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

>
> > > >> 12 rows selected.

>
> > > >> -- 'Filtered' example
> > > >> SQL> select "Path"
> > > >> * 2 *from
> > > >> * 3 *(SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name,
> > > >> '/') *"Path"
> > > >> * 4 * * FROM employees
> > > >> * 5 * * START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> > > >> * 6 * * CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id)
> > > >> * 7 *where instr("Path", 'Greenberg') = 0;

>
> > > >> Path
> > > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------***-----
> > > >> */Kochhar
> > > >> * */Kochhar/Whalen
> > > >> * */Kochhar/Mavris
> > > >> * */Kochhar/Baer
> > > >> * */Kochhar/Higgins
> > > >> * * */Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

>
> > > >> 6 rows selected.

>
> > > >> SQL>

>
> > > >> David Fitzjarrell

>
> > > >> --------------------------------
> > > >> This will go wrong if you want to exclude 'Green' but include 'Greenberg'

>
> > > >> Shakespeare- Hide quoted text -

>
> > > >> - Show quoted text -

>
> > > > A valid concern. *I must admit this was a quick and dirty attempt.

>
> > > > And this is with 10.2.0.3.

>
> > > > David Fitzjarrell

>
> > > SQL> create table excluded_nodes(last_name varchar2(25));

>
> > > Tabelle wurde erstellt.

>
> > > SQL> insert into excluded_nodes values('Greenberg');

>
> > > 1 Zeile wurde erstellt.

>
> > > SQL> commit;

>
> > > SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/') "Path"
> > > * *2 * * FROM (select *
> > > * *3 * * * * * * from employees
> > > * *4 * * * * * *where last_name not in (select last_name
> > > * *5 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *from excluded_nodes))
> > > * *6 * * START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> > > * *7 * * CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;

>
> > > Path
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------**-----
> > > * /Kochhar
> > > * * /Kochhar/Whalen
> > > * * /Kochhar/Mavris
> > > * * /Kochhar/Baer
> > > * * /Kochhar/Higgins
> > > * * * /Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

>
> > > hth,
> > > Urs Metzger

>
> > Thanks Urs, working with a filtered subset and then applying the
> > "connect by" to it is a good idea.
> > Since I would work with employee_id to exclude, do you think it would
> > be best to filter out both employee_id and manager_id? Or is this a
> > non-issue?

>
> > What do you think of this...? sorry about the column name "last_name",
> > it would really contain ids.

>
> > > SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/') "Path"
> > > * *2 * * FROM (select *
> > > * *3 * * * * * * from employees
> > > * *4 * * * * * *where not exists (select *
> > > * *5 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *from excluded_nodes where last_name in (employee_id, manager_id) ))
> > > * *6 * * START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
> > > * *7 * * CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;

>
> > Appreciate it!
> > Chris- Hide quoted text -

>
> > - Show quoted text -

>
> Your modification won't work; *the id values won't ever match up to
> the associated name and, in this example, you have no employee_id
> column in the excluded_nodes table:
>
> SQL> select *
> * 2 *from employees
> * 3 *where not exists (select *
> * 4 * * * * * * * * * *from excluded_nodes where last_name in
> (employee_id, manager_id) );
> * * * * * * * * * from excluded_nodes where last_name in(employee_id,
> manager_id) )
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> ERROR at line 4:
> ORA-01722: invalid number
>
> The query supplied works as expected; if you're having trouble
> 'translating' it to your specific case then post *your query and
> someone here can help you with the rewrite.
>
> David Fitzjarrell- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


Modifying your suggestion slightly produces the incorrect output:

SQL> SELECT LPAD(' ', 2*level-1)||SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/')
"Path"
2 FROM (select *
3 from employees e
4 where not exists (select *
5 from excluded_nodes where employee_id in
(e.employee_id, e.manager_id) ))
6 START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
7 CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id;

Path
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/Kochhar
/Kochhar/Greenberg
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Faviet
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Chen
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Sciarra
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Urman
/Kochhar/Greenberg/Popp
/Kochhar/Whalen
/Kochhar/Mavris
/Kochhar/Baer
/Kochhar/Higgins
/Kochhar/Higgins/Gietz

12 rows selected.

I would use the example as posted, and try to modify your original
query in a similar manner.


David Fitzjarrell
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