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Hieararchy Table & Select problem

Hi

I have a self referencing location table, and in any select I want to show the upper locations to be appended to the location.

Declare @Location TABLE
(
Location_ID int,
ParentLocation_ID int,
Location varchar(20)
)

insert into @Location values
(1, null, 'Location 1'),
(2, 1, 'Location 1A'),
(3, 1, 'Location 1B'),
(4, 1, 'Location 1C'),
(5, 4, 'Location 1Ca'),
(6, 4, 'Location 1Cb'),
(7, 4, 'Location 1Cc'),
(8, null, 'Location 1'),
(9, 8, 'Location A'),
(10, 8, 'Location B')

Select Location_ID, ParentLocation_ID, Location From @Location

This select returns for example 'Location 1Cc' but I want it to return 'Location 1 - Location 1C' - Location 1Cc'
I'm playing with ,With Hierarchy but cant figure it out.

Andy

Phillip Burton

Love the problem. Here's the solution:

Declare  @Location TABLE
( 
Location_ID int,
ParentLocation_ID int,
Location varchar(100)
)

insert into @Location values 
(1, null, 'Location 1'),
(2, 1, 'Location 1A'),
(3, 1, 'Location 1B'),
(4, 1, 'Location 1C'),
(5, 4, 'Location 1Ca'),
(6, 4, 'Location 1Cb'),
(7, 4, 'Location 1Cc'),
(8, null, 'Location 1'),
(9, 8, 'Location A'),
(10, 8, 'Location B')

Select Location_ID, ParentLocation_ID, Location  From @Location;

With myLocation as
(Select Location_ID, ParentLocation_ID, Location, Location as FullLocation
from @Location as LO
Where ParentLocation_ID is null

union all

select LO.Location_ID, LO.ParentLocation_ID, LO.Location, CONVERT(VARCHAR(100),CONCAT(ML.FullLocation, ' - ' , LO.Location))
from @Location as LO
inner join myLocation ML
on LO.ParentLocation_ID = ML.Location_ID
where LO.ParentLocation_ID is not null)

SELECT * FROM myLocation

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First time I've used a string instead of a number for the recursion.

Phillip Burton

Here's the output for the second SELECT statement (i.e., my SELECT statement). Scroll to the right for the FullLocation.

Location_ID ParentLocation_ID Location                                                                                             FullLocation
----------- ----------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1           NULL              Location 1                                                                                           Location 1
8           NULL              Location 1                                                                                           Location 1
9           8                 Location A                                                                                           Location 1 - Location A
10          8                 Location B                                                                                           Location 1 - Location B
2           1                 Location 1A                                                                                          Location 1 - Location 1A
3           1                 Location 1B                                                                                          Location 1 - Location 1B
4           1                 Location 1C                                                                                          Location 1 - Location 1C
5           4                 Location 1Ca                                                                                         Location 1 - Location 1C - Location 1Ca
6           4                 Location 1Cb                                                                                         Location 1 - Location 1C - Location 1Cb
7           4                 Location 1Cc                                                                                         Location 1 - Location 1C - Location 1Cc

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Andy Green

ASKER

Thanks Phillip

What version of SQL are you using - I get the following error

Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 29
'CONCAT' is not a recognized built-in function name.

Andy

Andy Green

ASKER

Looks like this is my fault, should have specified SQL 2008.

I'll award the points and submit again.

Andy

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Andy Green

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Excellent thank you.
Andy

Hieararchy Table &amp; Select problem

Hieararchy Table & Select problem