Oracle10g中新型层次查询选项简介

核心提示： select connect_by_isleaf,sys_connect_by_path(child,'/') pathfrom hierstart with parent is nullconnect by prior child = parent;CONNECT_BY_

select connect_by_isleaf,sys_connect_by_path(child,'/') path
from hier
start with parent is null
connect by prior child = parent;
CONNECT_BY_ISLEAF PATH
----------------------------------
0 /Asia
0 /Asia/China
1 /Asia/China/Beijing
0 /Asia/Japan
1 /Asia/Japan/Osaka
1 /Asia/Japan/Tokyo
0 /Australia
0 /Australia/New South Wales
1 /Australia/New South Wales/Sydney
0 /Europe
0 /Europe/United Kingdom
0 /Europe/United Kingdom/England
1 /Europe/United Kingdom/England/London
0 /North America
0 /North America/Canada
0 /North America/Canada/Ontario
1 /North America/Canada/Ontario/Ottawa
1 /North America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto
0 /North America/USA
0 /North America/USA/California
1 /North America/USA/California/Redwood Shores
自从Since Oracle 9i 开始，就可以通过 SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH 函数实现将从父节点到当前行内容以“path”或者层次元素列表的形式显示出来。 如下例所示：
column path format a50
select level,sys_connect_by_path(child,'/') path
from hier
start with parent is null
connect by prior child = parent;
LEVEL PATH
-------- --------------------------------------------
1 /Asia
2 /Asia/China
3 /Asia/China/Beijing
2 /Asia/Japan
3 /Asia/Japan/Osaka
3 /Asia/Japan/Tokyo
1 /Australia
2 /Australia/New South Wales
3 /Australia/New South Wales/Sydney
1 /Europe
2 /Europe/United Kingdom
3 /Europe/United Kingdom/England
4 /Europe/United Kingdom/England/London
1 /North America
2 /North America/Canada
3 /North America/Canada/Ontario
4 /North America/Canada/Ontario/Ottawa
4 /North America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto
2 /North America/USA
3 /North America/USA/California
4 /North America/USA/California/Redwood Shores

在 Oracle 10g 中，还有其他更多关于层次查询的新特性 。例如，有的时候用户更关心的是每个层次分支中等级最低的内容。那么你就可以利用伪列函数CONNECT_BY_ISLEAF来判断当前行是不是叶子。如果是叶子就会在伪列中显示“1”，如果不是叶子而是一个分支（例如当前内容是其他行的父亲）就显示“0”。下给出了一个关于这个函数使用的例子：