I will use any model that is suitable. ;)
I am somewhat familiar with both tree models but I can't come up with a
method to get the count of all sub- and sub-sub-nodes in either of them.
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Peter Brawley [mailto:peter.brawley@stripped]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. September 2006 16:49
> An: André Hänsel
> Cc: mysql@stripped
> Betreff: Re: Count of children
>
> André,
>
> >I want the count of all sub-entries for a specific entry.
>
> Depends on the model you are using--edge list or nested sets?
>
> PB
>
> -----
>
> André Hänsel wrote:
> > I have a table with id and parent_id.
> > I want the count of all sub-entries for a specific entry.
> >
> > I found several documents about working with graphs/trees
> in MySQL but I
> > could not find a solution for my problem.
> >
> > I can imagine two possibilities, but one is memory
> intensive and the other
> > one creates load on updates.
> > The first is, that I select all entries and then use a
> procedural language
> > to determine recursively whether an node is a sub-node of
> the specific node.
> > The second is, that I store the sub-node count with each
> node and when I do
> > an insert, I walk the tree upwards and increment the node-counts.
> >
> > Is there a smart solution/best practice for my problem?
> >
> > Now I can't think of another sentence starting with an i. ;-)
> >
> > Best regards,
> > André
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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