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Created April 14, 2016 06:59
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Get breadcrumbs for nested set
SELECT
GROUP_CONCAT(
ancestor.name
ORDER BY ancestor.lft ASC
SEPARATOR ' > '
),
child.*
FROM `categories` child
JOIN `categories` ancestor
ON child.lft >= ancestor.lft
AND child.lft <= ancestor.rgt
GROUP BY child.lft
ORDER BY child.lft
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I learn new things from this SQL, thanks.

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