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Subject: Re: Recursive queries
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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 91 10:45:33 PST

In message <9111081746.AA03916@postgres.Berkeley.EDU> the following was written:

> is it possible to form recursive queries in the current (3.0) version of
> POSTGRES (such as, say, the ANCESTOR example)?  Sorry, I don't know if
> this question has been discussed here or not.

In version 2.0 there was code to support recursive queries.  It turned
out that it was very unreliable and has since been backed out of the 
system compeletely.  So the short answer to this question is no.


Jeff Meredith
mer@postgres.berkeley.edu