Storing folder hierarchy in relational database

Question

I have objects representing folders and I\'m wondering if they should be represented in the database.

On the one hand it seems like the easiest way would be to not r

Answer 1

The idea is something like this (self-referencing):

CREATE TABLE FileSystemObject ( 
    ID int not null primary key identity,
    Name varchar(100) not null,
    ParentID int null references FileSystemObject(ID),
    constraint uk_Path UNIQUE (Name, ParentID),
    IsFolder bit not null
)