Rodičovské dítě mysql

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Nastavení schématu MySQL 5.5.30 :

create table mytable(id int, parent_id int, name varchar(100));

insert mytable(id, parent_id, name)
values (1, null, 'Home'),
(2, null, 'Services'),
(3, 2, 'Baking'),
(4, 3, 'Cakes'),
(5, 3, 'Bread'),
(6, 5, 'Flat Bread'),
(7, 1, 'Something');

Dotaz 1 :

select t0.*,
  concat(
      case coalesce(t4.Parent_ID, 0) 
        when 0 then ''
        else concat(cast(t4.Parent_ID as char), '\\')
      end,
      case coalesce(t3.Parent_ID, 0) 
        when 0 then ''
        else concat(cast(t3.Parent_ID as char), '\\')
      end,
      case coalesce(t2.Parent_ID, 0) 
        when 0 then ''
        else concat(cast(t2.Parent_ID as char), '\\')
      end,
      case coalesce(t1.Parent_ID, 0) 
        when 0 then ''
        else concat(cast(t1.Parent_ID as char), '\\')
      end,
      case coalesce(t0.Parent_ID, 0) 
        when 0 then ''
        else concat(cast(t0.Parent_ID as char), '\\')
      end,
      cast(t0.id as char)
    ) as path
from mytable t0 
    left join mytable t1 on t0.Parent_ID = t1.Id
    left join mytable t2 on t1.Parent_ID = t2.Id
    left join mytable t3 on t2.Parent_ID = t3.Id
    left join mytable t4 on t3.Parent_ID = t4.Id
order by 
  concat(
      case coalesce(t4.Parent_ID, 0) 
        when 0 then ''
        else concat(cast(t4.Parent_ID as char), '\\')
      end,
      case coalesce(t3.Parent_ID, 0) 
        when 0 then ''
        else concat(cast(t3.Parent_ID as char), '\\')
      end,
      case coalesce(t2.Parent_ID, 0) 
        when 0 then ''
        else concat(cast(t2.Parent_ID as char), '\\')
      end,
      case coalesce(t1.Parent_ID, 0) 
        when 0 then ''
        else concat(cast(t1.Parent_ID as char), '\\')
      end,
      case coalesce(t0.Parent_ID, 0) 
        when 0 then ''
        else concat(cast(t0.Parent_ID as char), '\\')
      end,
      cast(t0.id as char)
    )

Výsledky :

| ID | PARENT_ID |       NAME |    PATH |
-----------------------------------------
|  1 |    (null) |       Home |       1 |
|  7 |         1 |  Something |     1\7 |
|  2 |    (null) |   Services |       2 |
|  3 |         2 |     Baking |     2\3 |
|  4 |         3 |      Cakes |   2\3\4 |
|  5 |         3 |      Bread |   2\3\5 |
|  6 |         5 | Flat Bread | 2\3\5\6 |