Hierarchical

Function
MOHIT PATEL

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SELECTemployee_id,manager_id,
LEVEL, sys_connect_by_path(lastname,/) , connect_by_root firstname f
FROMemployee
4
WHERE
employee_id = 4
1
STARTWITHemployee_id=1
2
CONNECTBYNOCYCLE
PRIORemployee_id=manager_id
AND
3 employee_id != 5
5
ORDER
BY LEVEL;
ORDER SIBLINGS BY employee_id

Internal Ordering of Siblings

1. It will start with the root Node condition. Multiple roots can be there satisfying the condition
2. Parents employee_id will be connected to childs manager_id. PRIOR is used to identify the
Parent. NOCYCLE is used to avoid any cycle in the hierarchy.
3. Every time after the link between parent and child is made, AND condition is checked. If it fails
then all its subsequent child will not be fetched
4. After all records are selected, records are removed according to the WHERE condition
mentioned
5. ORDER BY clause is mentioned to ORDER the results
** Root is marked as LEVEL 1

emp
id

mngr firstna
id
me

lastna
me

Empi Mngr Firstna

d
id
me

Lastna
me

Em
p

path

Raj

Patel

Raj

Patel

/Patel

Rahul

Bhatt

Rahul

Bhatt

/Patel/Bhatt

Mohit

Patel

Rajesh

Chou

Rajesh

Chou

Suresh

Uber

/
Patel/Bhatt/Cho
u

Deep

Saha

Suresh

Uber

Parth

Saha

/
Patel/Bhatt/Ube
r

Mohit

Patel

/Patel/Patel

Deep

Saha

/
Patel/Patel/Saha

7
3
Parth
select employee_id, manager_id, firstname, last_name
, connect_by_root employee_id emp
3 path1
Mohit
, sys_connect_by_path(last_name,'/')
6
3
Deep
FROM emp
START WITH last_name='Patel'
7
3
Parth
CONNECT BY NOCYCLE prior employee_id=manager_id

Saha

/
Patel/Patel/Saha

Patel

/Patel

Saha

/Patel/Saha

Saha

/Patel/Saha