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MySQL的分層資料管理與無限級分類

譯文主要是介紹如何用MySQL來儲存巢狀集合資料。在其中會增加一些自己的理解,也會刪除掉一些自認為無用的廢話。
這篇文章主要講的是巢狀集合模型,所以鄰接表不是本文的重點,簡單略過就好。

也許這是原文地址,因為我也不知道這是不是原文。

介紹

什麼是分層資料?

類似於樹形結構,除了根節點和葉子節點外,所有節點都有用一個父節點和多個子節點。

那麼,在MySQL中如何處理分層資料呢?

原文中介紹了兩種分層結構模型:鄰接表模型巢狀集合模型

鄰接表模型(The Adjacency List Model)

首先,建立測試表,匯入測試資料,

CREATE TABLE category(
        category_id INT
AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL, parent INT DEFAULT NULL ); INSERT INTO category VALUES (1,'ELECTRONICS',NULL), (2,'TELEVISIONS',1), (3,'TUBE',2), (4,'LCD',2), (5,'PLASMA',2), (6,'PORTABLE ELECTRONICS',1), (7
,'MP3 PLAYERS',6), (8,'FLASH',7), (9,'CD PLAYERS',6), (10,'2 WAY RADIOS',6); SELECT * FROM category ORDER BY category_id; +-------------+----------------------+--------+ | category_id | name | parent | +-------------+----------------------+--------+ | 1 | ELECTRONICS | NULL | | 2 | TELEVISIONS | 1 | | 3 | TUBE | 2 | | 4 | LCD | 2 | | 5 | PLASMA | 2 | | 6 | PORTABLE ELECTRONICS | 1 | | 7 | MP3 PLAYERS | 6 | | 8 | FLASH | 7 | | 9 | CD PLAYERS | 6 | | 10 | 2 WAY RADIOS | 6 | +-------------+----------------------+--------+
10 rows in set (0.00 sec)

在鄰接表中,所有的資料均擁有一個Parent欄位,用來儲存它的父節點。當前節點為根節點的話,它的父節點則為NULL。
那麼在遍歷的時候,可以使用遞迴來實現查詢整棵樹,從根節點開始,不斷尋找子節點(父節點->子節點->父節點->子節點)。

檢索分層路徑

一般需要獲取一個分層結構的路徑問題,那麼

SELECT t1.name AS lev1, t2.name as lev2, t3.name as lev3, t4.name as lev4
FROM category AS t1
LEFT JOIN category AS t2 ON t2.parent = t1.category_id
LEFT JOIN category AS t3 ON t3.parent = t2.category_id
LEFT JOIN category AS t4 ON t4.parent = t3.category_id
WHERE t1.name = 'ELECTRONICS';

+-------------+----------------------+--------------+-------+
| lev1        | lev2                 | lev3         | lev4  |
+-------------+----------------------+--------------+-------+
| ELECTRONICS | TELEVISIONS          | TUBE         | NULL  |
| ELECTRONICS | TELEVISIONS          | LCD          | NULL  |
| ELECTRONICS | TELEVISIONS          | PLASMA       | NULL  |
| ELECTRONICS | PORTABLE ELECTRONICS | MP3 PLAYERS  | FLASH |
| ELECTRONICS | PORTABLE ELECTRONICS | CD PLAYERS   | NULL  |
| ELECTRONICS | PORTABLE ELECTRONICS | 2 WAY RADIOS | NULL  |
+-------------+----------------------+--------------+-------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

檢索葉子節點

SELECT t1.name FROM
category AS t1 LEFT JOIN category as t2
ON t1.category_id = t2.parent
WHERE t2.category_id IS NULL;

+--------------+
| name         |
+--------------+
| TUBE         |
| LCD          |
| PLASMA       |
| FLASH        |
| CD PLAYERS   |
| 2 WAY RADIOS |
+--------------+

檢索指定路徑

SELECT t1.name AS lev1, t2.name as lev2, t3.name as lev3, t4.name as lev4
FROM category AS t1
LEFT JOIN category AS t2 ON t2.parent = t1.category_id
LEFT JOIN category AS t3 ON t3.parent = t2.category_id
LEFT JOIN category AS t4 ON t4.parent = t3.category_id
WHERE t1.name = 'ELECTRONICS' AND t4.name = 'FLASH';

+-------------+----------------------+-------------+-------+
| lev1        | lev2                 | lev3        | lev4  |
+-------------+----------------------+-------------+-------+
| ELECTRONICS | PORTABLE ELECTRONICS | MP3 PLAYERS | FLASH |
+-------------+----------------------+-------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

鄰接表的缺點

在檢索路徑的過程中,除了本層外,每一層都會對應一個LEFT JOIN,那麼如果層數不定怎麼辦?或者層數過多?
在刪除中間層的節點時,需要同時刪除該節點下的所有節點,否則會出現孤立節點。

巢狀集合模型Nested Set Model

原文中主要的目的是介紹巢狀集合模型,如下

通過集合的包含關係,巢狀結合模型可以表示分層結構,每一個分層可以用一個Set來表示(一個圈),父節點所在的圈包含所有子節點所在的圈。

為了用MySQL來表示集合關係,需要定義連個欄位leftright(表示一個集合的範圍)。

CREATE TABLE nested_category (
        category_id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
        name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
        lft INT NOT NULL,
        rgt INT NOT NULL
);

INSERT INTO nested_category VALUES
  (1,'ELECTRONICS',1,20),
  (2,'TELEVISIONS',2,9),
  (3,'TUBE',3,4),
  (4,'LCD',5,6),
  (5,'PLASMA',7,8),
  (6,'PORTABLE ELECTRONICS',10,19),
  (7,'MP3 PLAYERS',11,14),
  (8,'FLASH',12,13),
  (9,'CD PLAYERS',15,16),
  (10,'2 WAY RADIOS',17,18);

SELECT * FROM nested_category ORDER BY category_id;

+-------------+----------------------+-----+-----+
| category_id | name                 | lft | rgt |
+-------------+----------------------+-----+-----+
|           1 | ELECTRONICS          |   1 |  20 |
|           2 | TELEVISIONS          |   2 |   9 |
|           3 | TUBE                 |   3 |   4 |
|           4 | LCD                  |   5 |   6 |
|           5 | PLASMA               |   7 |   8 |
|           6 | PORTABLE ELECTRONICS |  10 |  19 |
|           7 | MP3 PLAYERS          |  11 |  14 |
|           8 | FLASH                |  12 |  13 |
|           9 | CD PLAYERS           |  15 |  16 |
|          10 | 2 WAY RADIOS         |  17 |  18 |
+-------------+----------------------+-----+-----+

由於leftright是MySQL的保留字,因此,欄位名稱用lft和rgt代替。每一個集合都是從lft開始到rgt結束,也就是集合的兩個邊界。

在樹中也同樣適用,

當為樹狀結構編號時,我們從左到右,一次一層,賦值按照從左到右的順序遍歷其子節點,這種方法稱為先序遍歷演算法

檢索分層路徑

由於子節點的lft值總在父節點的lft和rgt值之間,所以可以通過父節點連線到子節點上來檢索整棵樹。

SELECT node.name
FROM nested_category AS node,
        nested_category AS parent
WHERE node.lft BETWEEN parent.lft AND parent.rgt
        AND parent.name = 'ELECTRONICS'
ORDER BY node.lft;

+----------------------+
| name                 |
+----------------------+
| ELECTRONICS          |
| TELEVISIONS          |
| TUBE                 |
| LCD                  |
| PLASMA               |
| PORTABLE ELECTRONICS |
| MP3 PLAYERS          |
| FLASH                |
| CD PLAYERS           |
| 2 WAY RADIOS         |
+----------------------+</pre>

這個方法並不需要考慮層數,而且不需要考慮節點的rgt。

檢索所有葉子節點

由於每一個葉子節點的rgt=lft+1,那麼只需要這一個條件即可。

SELECT name
FROM nested_category
WHERE rgt = lft + 1;

+--------------+
| name         |
+--------------+
| TUBE         |
| LCD          |
| PLASMA       |
| FLASH        |
| CD PLAYERS   |
| 2 WAY RADIOS |
+--------------+

檢索節點路徑

不再需要多個join連線操作。

SELECT parent.name
FROM nested_category AS node,
        nested_category AS parent
WHERE node.lft BETWEEN parent.lft AND parent.rgt
        AND node.name = 'FLASH'
ORDER BY node.lft;

+----------------------+
| name                 |
+----------------------+
| ELECTRONICS          |
| PORTABLE ELECTRONICS |
| MP3 PLAYERS          |
| FLASH                |
+----------------------+

檢索節點深度

通過COUNTGROUP BY函式來獲取父節點的個數。

SELECT node.name, (COUNT(parent.name) - 1) AS depth
FROM nested_category AS node,
        nested_category AS parent
WHERE node.lft BETWEEN parent.lft AND parent.rgt
GROUP BY node.name
ORDER BY node.lft;

+----------------------+-------+
| name                 | depth |
+----------------------+-------+
| ELECTRONICS          |     0 |
| TELEVISIONS          |     1 |
| TUBE                 |     2 |
| LCD                  |     2 |
| PLASMA               |     2 |
| PORTABLE ELECTRONICS |     1 |
| MP3 PLAYERS          |     2 |
| FLASH                |     3 |
| CD PLAYERS           |     2 |
| 2 WAY RADIOS         |     2 |
+----------------------+-------+

甚至可以得到分層的縮排結果,

SELECT CONCAT( REPEAT(' ', COUNT(parent.name) - 1), node.name) AS name
FROM nested_category AS node,
        nested_category AS parent
WHERE node.lft BETWEEN parent.lft AND parent.rgt
GROUP BY node.name
ORDER BY node.lft;

+-----------------------+
| name                  |
+-----------------------+
| ELECTRONICS           |
|  TELEVISIONS          |
|   TUBE                |
|   LCD                 |
|   PLASMA              |
|  PORTABLE ELECTRONICS |
|   MP3 PLAYERS         |
|    FLASH              |
|   CD PLAYERS          |
|   2 WAY RADIOS        |
+-----------------------+

檢索子樹的深度

考慮到檢索中需要自連線的node或parent,因此需要增加一個額外的連線來作為子查詢來限制子樹。

SELECT node.name, (COUNT(parent.name) - (sub_tree.depth + 1)) AS depth
FROM nested_category AS node,
        nested_category AS parent,
        nested_category AS sub_parent,
        (
                SELECT node.name, (COUNT(parent.name) - 1) AS depth
                FROM nested_category AS node,
                nested_category AS parent
                WHERE node.lft BETWEEN parent.lft AND parent.rgt
                AND node.name = 'PORTABLE ELECTRONICS'
                GROUP BY node.name
                ORDER BY node.lft
        )AS sub_tree
WHERE node.lft BETWEEN parent.lft AND parent.rgt
        AND node.lft BETWEEN sub_parent.lft AND sub_parent.rgt
        AND sub_parent.name = sub_tree.name
GROUP BY node.name
ORDER BY node.lft;

+----------------------+-------+
| name                 | depth |
+----------------------+-------+
| PORTABLE ELECTRONICS |     0 |
| MP3 PLAYERS          |     1 |
| FLASH                |     2 |
| CD PLAYERS           |     1 |
| 2 WAY RADIOS         |     1 |
+----------------------+-------+

檢索節點的直接子節點

假設一個場景,當用戶點選網站上電子產品的一個分類時,將呈現該分類下的產品,同時需要列出所有子分類,並不是全部分類。
為了限制顯示分類的層數,需要使用HAVING字句,

SELECT node.name, (COUNT(parent.name) - (sub_tree.depth + 1)) AS depth
FROM nested_category AS node,
        nested_category AS parent,
        nested_category AS sub_parent,
        (
                SELECT node.name, (COUNT(parent.name) - 1) AS depth
                FROM nested_category AS node,
                        nested_category AS parent
                WHERE node.lft BETWEEN parent.lft AND parent.rgt
                        AND node.name = 'PORTABLE ELECTRONICS'
                GROUP BY node.name
                ORDER BY node.lft
        )AS sub_tree
WHERE node.lft BETWEEN parent.lft AND parent.rgt
        AND node.lft BETWEEN sub_parent.lft AND sub_parent.rgt
        AND sub_parent.name = sub_tree.name
GROUP BY node.name
HAVING depth &lt;= 1
ORDER BY node.lft;

+----------------------+-------+
| name                 | depth |
+----------------------+-------+
| PORTABLE ELECTRONICS |     0 |
| MP3 PLAYERS          |     1 |
| CD PLAYERS           |     1 |
| 2 WAY RADIOS         |     1 |
+----------------------+-------+

增加新節點

上面已經介紹瞭如何檢索結果,那麼如何才能增加新的節點呢?

如果希望在TELEVISIONS和PROTABLE ELECTRONICS節點之間增加一個新的節點,那麼新節點的lft和rgt的值應該是10和11,那麼所有大於10的節點(新節點右側的節點)的lft和rgt都應該加2,如上圖所示。

LOCK TABLE nested_category WRITE;

SELECT @myRight := rgt FROM nested_category
WHERE name = 'TELEVISIONS';

UPDATE nested_category SET rgt = rgt + 2 WHERE rgt &gt; @myRight;
UPDATE nested_category SET lft = lft + 2 WHERE lft &gt; @myRight;

INSERT INTO nested_category(name, lft, rgt) VALUES('GAME CONSOLES', @myRight + 1, @myRight + 2);

UNLOCK TABLES

如果希望在葉子節點下增加節點,需要修改下查詢語句,

LOCK TABLE nested_category WRITE;

SELECT @myLeft := lft FROM nested_category

WHERE name = '2 WAY RADIOS';

UPDATE nested_category SET rgt = rgt + 2 WHERE rgt &gt; @myLeft;
UPDATE nested_category SET lft = lft + 2 WHERE lft &gt; @myLeft;

INSERT INTO nested_category(name, lft, rgt) VALUES('FRS', @myLeft + 1, @myLeft + 2);

UNLOCK TABLES;```



###刪除節點

刪除葉子節點比較容易,只需要刪除自己,而刪除一箇中間層節點就需要刪除其所有子節點。在這個模型中,所有子節點的節點正好在lft和rgt之間。

LOCK TABLE nested_category WRITE;

SELECT @myLeft := lft, @myRight := rgt, @myWidth := rgt - lft + 1
FROM nested_category
WHERE name = 'GAME CONSOLES';

DELETE FROM nested_category WHERE lft BETWEEN @myLeft AND @myRight;

UPDATE nested_category SET rgt = rgt - @myWidth WHERE rgt > @myRight;
UPDATE nested_category SET lft = lft - @myWidth WHERE lft > @myRight;

UNLOCK TABLES;


在某些情況下,只需要刪除某個節點,但是並不希望刪除該節點下的子節點資料。
通過把右側所有節點的左右值-2,當前節點的子節點左右值-1

LOCK TABLE nested_category WRITE;

SELECT @myLeft := lft, @myRight := rgt, @myWidth := rgt - lft + 1
FROM nested_category
WHERE name = 'PORTABLE ELECTRONICS';

DELETE FROM nested_category WHERE lft = @myLeft;

UPDATE nested_category SET rgt = rgt - 1, lft = lft - 1 WHERE lft BETWEEN @myLeft AND @myRight;
UPDATE nested_category SET rgt = rgt - 2 WHERE rgt > @myRight;
UPDATE nested_category SET lft = lft - 2 WHERE lft > @myRight;

UNLOCK TABLES;
```

最後的思考

原作者推薦了一本名為《Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties》的書籍,該書的作者是SQL領域的大神Joe Celko(巢狀幾何模型的創造者)。這本書涵蓋了本文中未涉及到的一些高階話題。