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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:12:07 -0700
From: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
To: Daniel Caune <daniel.caune@ubisoft.com>
Cc: postgresql sql list <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: connectby documentation
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On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 10:37:37AM -0500, Daniel Caune wrote:
> I'm searching for an Oracle START WITH ... CONNECT BY PRIOR ...
> equivalence.  It seems that PostgreSQL (version >= 7.4) supports a
> function connectby that provides similar feature.  Unfortunately I don't
> find any documentation on that function.  Could you please give me a
> link on such documentation?

connectby() is part of the contrib/tablefunc module.  You'll need
to install that module and load it into your database.

Somebody has made a CONNECT BY patch but the developers have objected
to it for various reasons.  Search the list archives for discussion.

-- 
Michael Fuhr