Handling Hierarchy Data in Database

Question

I\'m curious to know what the best way (best practice) to handle hierarchies are in regards to database design. Here is a small example of how I usually handle them.

Answer 1

You may also want to check out the "nested sets" pattern:

http://www.intelligententerprise.com/001020/celko.jhtml (Broken Link)

Or you can Google for more.

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