Re: Trees: maintaining pathnames

Dan,

> My existing tree implementation reflects the files contained on disk.
>  The
> full pathname to a particlar file is obtained from the path to the
> parent
> directory.  I am now considering putting this information into a
> field in
> the table.
<snip>
> Suggestions, comment, open ridicule, most welcome.  thanks.

This is a fine implementation using the adjacency list model of tree
design.  However, I think you may find that the string-based tree
implementation in /contrib/ltree is more suited to your purposes, and
easier to maintain.

-Josh Berkus