Re: finding child records of child records of child records... with minimal code

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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Yes, that is a good job for recursion. You want to write an include file that should include itself, with the parameter of the current ID. This will generate the full tree of found records.In pseudo-code form (i.e. this is guaranteed to _not_ run):[Include file=includefile.inc&myID=[ID]] [!] look for top record [/!]and the include file would be:[Search db=file.db&parentID=[myID]] [founditems] [ReplaceFoundItems]flag=Y[/ReplaceFoundItems] (if you have 4.0) [Include file=thisfile.inc&myID=[ID]] [/founditems] [/search]HTHJohn Peacock John Butler wrote: > > I have a db full of category records, with these fields: > > IDparentIDflag > > When I come in a template I use to flag a category record in this db for later deletion, > I also want to find any of its children and flag them also for later deletion, and the > children of those children, and the children of those children, .... going down thru > how ever many levels of children their are. > > I.e. if I want to flag the colors category for later deletion, then I need to also > flag all children of colors (like Blue, Red, Green, etc) for later deletion and > also all children of them (like sky Blue, midnight blue, light red , blood red, > mint green, neon green, etc.) > > I don't know in advance how many levels of children, or children of children, etc... > their may be, nor how many children given a certain level... > > Any ideas how to structure this with just a few lines of code (so I don't have to write > an overkill overestimate number of nested searches/replaces)? Do we call what I am > looking for recursion? > > ? > > -John >------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: finding child records of child records of child records... with minimal code (John Butler 2000)
  2. Re: finding child records of child records of child records... with minimal code (John Peacock 2000)
  3. finding child records of child records of child records... with minimal code (John Butler 2000)
Yes, that is a good job for recursion. You want to write an include file that should include itself, with the parameter of the current ID. This will generate the full tree of found records.In pseudo-code form (i.e. this is guaranteed to _not_ run):[Include file=includefile.inc&myID=[ID]] [!] look for top record [/!]and the include file would be:[Search db=file.db&parentID=[myID]] [founditems] [replacefounditems]flag=Y[/ReplaceFoundItems] (if you have 4.0) [Include file=thisfile.inc&myID=[ID]] [/founditems] [/search]HTHJohn Peacock John Butler wrote: > > I have a db full of category records, with these fields: > > IDparentIDflag > > When I come in a template I use to flag a category record in this db for later deletion, > I also want to find any of its children and flag them also for later deletion, and the > children of those children, and the children of those children, .... going down thru > how ever many levels of children their are. > > I.e. if I want to flag the colors category for later deletion, then I need to also > flag all children of colors (like Blue, Red, Green, etc) for later deletion and > also all children of them (like sky Blue, midnight blue, light red , blood red, > mint green, neon green, etc.) > > I don't know in advance how many levels of children, or children of children, etc... > their may be, nor how many children given a certain level... > > Any ideas how to structure this with just a few lines of code (so I don't have to write > an overkill overestimate number of nested searches/replaces)? Do we call what I am > looking for recursion? > > ? > > -John >------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ John Peacock

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