Re: double linked list

Juergen wrote:

> Hi folks!,
>
> I've got a table called 'link_t' containing a collection of seller -
> buyer relations between two parties.
>
> sql> select * from link_t
>
> S B
> - -
> C X
> A B
> B C
> C D
> D E
>
> 5 rows selected.
>
> I am looking for a select statement that returns the concatenation of
> seller - buyer relations between the first seller 'A' and the last
> buyer 'B'.
>
> the result should be
>
> S B
> - -
> A B
> B C
> C D
> D E
>
> Currently I fumbling around with self joins but haven't figured out
> yet.
> Any suggestions
>
> Many tanks in advance
>
> Cheers
>
> Juergen

Look at the CONNECT BY built-in function.

Daniel Morgan Received on Tue Jan 28 2003 - 17:45:21 CET