• Jeff Moden (6/30/2014)


    tafinami (6/30/2014)


    DECLARE c CURSOR READ_ONLY FAST_FORWARD FOR

    SELECT Id FROM Tree_Table WHERE Id NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT ParentId FROM Tree_Table WHERE ParentId IS NOT NULL)

    DECLARE @IdPk INT

    OPEN c

    FETCH NEXT FROM c INTO @IdPk

    WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)

    BEGIN

    DECLARE @NodeValue VARCHAR(MAX)

    SET @NodeValue = ''

    WHILE(EXISTS(SELECT * FROM Tree_Table WHERE Id=@IdPk))

    BEGIN

    SELECT @NodeValue=Name+'/'+@NodeValue,

    @IdPk=ParentId

    FROM Tree_Table

    WHERE id=@IdPk

    END

    PRINT 'Parent to Leaf: ' + LEFT(@NodeValue,LEN(@NodeValue)-1)

    FETCH NEXT FROM c INTO @IdPk

    END

    CLOSE c

    DEALLOCATE c

    To get hierarchy and tree view data

    In this case, a cursor isn't the worst thing in the world. However, take a look at the following articles...

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Hierarchy/94040/

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/94570/

    Or this one, if Jeff's wonderful solutions on steroids overwhelm you:

    The Performance of Traversing a SQL Hierarchy [/url]


    My mantra: No loops! No CURSORs! No RBAR! Hoo-uh![/I]

    My thought question: Have you ever been told that your query runs too fast?

    My advice:
    INDEXing a poor-performing query is like putting sugar on cat food. Yeah, it probably tastes better but are you sure you want to eat it?
    The path of least resistance can be a slippery slope. Take care that fixing your fixes of fixes doesn't snowball and end up costing you more than fixing the root cause would have in the first place.

    Need to UNPIVOT? Why not CROSS APPLY VALUES instead?[/url]
    Since random numbers are too important to be left to chance, let's generate some![/url]
    Learn to understand recursive CTEs by example.[/url]
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