SQL Find all direct descendants in a tree

I have a tree in my database that is stored using parent id links.

A sample of what I have for data in the table is:

id  |  name      | parent id
---+-------------+-----------
0  | root          | NULL
1  | Node 1      | 0
2  | Node 2      | 0
3  | Node 1.1   | 1
4  | Node 1.1.1| 3
5  | Node 1.1.2| 3

Now I would like to get a list of all the direct descendants of a given node but if none exist I would like to have it just return the node itself.

I want the return for the query for children of id = 3 to be:

children
--------
4
5

Then the query for the children of id = 4 to be:

children
--------
4

I can change the way I am storing the tree to a nested set but I don't see how that would make the query I want possible.


In new PostgreSQL 8.4 you can do it with a CTE :

WITH RECURSIVE q AS
        (
        SELECT  h, 1 AS level, ARRAY[id] AS breadcrumb
        FROM    t_hierarchy h
        WHERE   parent = 0
        UNION ALL
        SELECT  hi, q.level + 1 AS level, breadcrumb || id
        FROM    q
        JOIN    t_hierarchy hi
        ON      hi.parent = (q.h).id
        )
SELECT  REPEAT('  ', level) || (q.h).id,
        (q.h).parent,
        (q.h).value,
        level,
        breadcrumb::VARCHAR AS path
FROM    q
ORDER BY
        breadcrumb

See this article in my blog for details:

  • PostgreSQL 8.4 : preserving order for hierarchical query
  • In 8.3 or earlier, you'll have to write a function:

    CREATE TYPE tp_hierarchy AS (node t_hierarchy, level INT);
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION fn_hierarchy_connect_by(INT, INT)
    RETURNS SETOF tp_hierarchy
    AS
    $$
            SELECT  CASE
                    WHEN node = 1 THEN
                            (t_hierarchy, $2)::tp_hierarchy
                    ELSE
                            fn_hierarchy_connect_by((q.t_hierarchy).id, $2 + 1)
                    END
            FROM    (
                    SELECT  t_hierarchy, node
                    FROM    (
                            SELECT  1 AS node
                            UNION ALL
                            SELECT  2
                            ) nodes,
                            t_hierarchy
                    WHERE   parent = $1
                    ORDER BY
                            id, node
                    ) q;
    $$
    LANGUAGE 'sql';
    

    and select from this function:

    SELECT  *
    FROM    fn_hierarchy_connect_by(4, 1)
    

    The first parameter is the root id , the second should be 1 .

    See this article in my blog for more detail:

  • Hierarchical queries in PostgreSQL
  • Update:

    To show only the first level children, or the node itself if the children do not exist, issue this query:

    SELECT  *
    FROM    t_hierarchy
    WHERE   parent = @start
    UNION ALL
    SELECT  *
    FROM    t_hierarchy
    WHERE   id = @start
            AND NOT EXISTS
            (
            SELECT  NULL
            FROM    t_hierarchy
            WHERE   parent = @start
            )
    

    This is more efficient than a JOIN , since the second query will take but two index scans at most: the first one to make sure to find out if a child exists, the second one to select the parent row if no children exist.


    发现了一个以我想要的方式工作的查询。

    SELECT * FROM
       ( SELECT id FROM t_tree WHERE name = '' ) AS i,
       t_tree g
    WHERE
      ( ( i.id = g.id ) AND 
           NOT EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM t_tree WHERE parentid = i.id ) ) OR
      ( ( i.id = g.parentid ) AND 
           EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM t_tree WHERE parentid = i.id ) )
    
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