Using MySQL query to traverse rows to make a recursive tree

Back in October 24, 2011, someone posted a question in the DBA StackExchange about tree traversal in MySQL. The SQL for MySQL cannot support it.

I wrote up three(3) Stored Procedures (GetParentIDByID, GetAncestry and GetFamilyTree) in my answer to that question. Hope this information helps you construct what you are looking for.

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