Howdy. I'm using oracle 9i. This is my query:
select cds.fin_project_code, LPAD(' ',5*(LEVEL-1)) || cds.description, cds.active, cds.FIN_PRJ_CD_FIN_PROJECT
from BART_FIN_PROJECT_CODES cds
where cds.active = 'Y'
start with cds.FIN_PRJ_CD_FIN_PROJECT
connect by prior cds.FIN_PROJECT_CODE = cds.FIN_PRJ_CD_FIN_PROJECT
ORDER SIBLINGS BY cds.description
the 'where' clause isn't doing what I want, and I wonder if somebody can tell me how to fix it.
What I want to have happen is have the entire branch not returned when cds.active is not 'Y'. Instead, if I have a parent that has active = 'N' but the children are 'Y', then the children come back without a parent.
Can this be done?
TIA, J
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Thanks ishando, but before I award points, can you tell me why when I use your solution I still get the offending parent but not the children?
When I used:
select cds.fin_project_code, LPAD('-',3*(LEVEL-1), '-') || cds.description, cds.active, cds.FIN_PRJ_CD_FIN_PROJECT
from BART_FIN_PROJECT_CODES cds
start with cds.FIN_PRJ_CD_FIN_PROJECT
connect by prior cds.FIN_PROJECT_CODE = cds.FIN_PRJ_CD_FIN_PROJECT
and prior active = 'Y' and active = 'Y'
ORDER SIBLINGS BY cds.description
I got the parent who had active = N, but not the children.
When I changed it to:
select cds.fin_project_code, LPAD('-',3*(LEVEL-1), '-') || cds.description, cds.active, cds.FIN_PRJ_CD_FIN_PROJECT
from BART_FIN_PROJECT_CODES cds
where active = 'Y'
start with cds.FIN_PRJ_CD_FIN_PROJECT
connect by prior cds.FIN_PROJECT_CODE = cds.FIN_PRJ_CD_FIN_PROJECT
and prior active = 'Y'
ORDER SIBLINGS BY cds.description
It worked the way I wanted... no active = N, and no children either.
J
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by: ishandoPosted on 2004-04-20 at 17:06:31ID: 10873677
with table:
create table pcodes (pcode int, active char(1), fin_pcode int, descrip varchar2(30));
and data
PCODE A FIN_PCODE DESCRIP
---------- - ---------- --------------------------
1 Y p1
2 N 1 p2
3 Y 1 p3
4 Y 2 p4
5 Y 2 p5
6 Y 3 p6
your current query gives:
PCODE LEVEL DESCRIPTION A FIN_PCODE
---------- ---------- --------------------------
1 1 p1 Y
4 3 p4 Y 2
5 3 p5 Y 2
3 2 p3 Y 1
6 3 p6 Y 3
If what you want is to omit the branch from pcode 2, try this:
select pcode, level, LPAD(' ',2*(LEVEL-1)) || descrip description, active, FIN_PCODE
from PCODES
start with FIN_PCODE is null
connect by prior PCODE = FIN_PCODE
and prior active = 'Y' and active = 'Y'
ORDER SIBLINGS BY descrip;