basic recursive query on sqlite3?

Question

I have a simple sqlite3 table that looks like this:

Table: Part
Part    SuperPart
wk0Z    wk00
wk06    wk02
wk07    wk02
eZ01    eZ00
eZ02    eZ00
eZ03    eZ         


        

Answer 1

This is the most basic query that I could think of, it generates a series where we start with 1,2 and keep adding 1 till we hit 20. not much useful but playing around a bit with this will help you build more complex recursive ones

The most basic series

WITH b(x,y) AS 
(
    SELECT 1,2 
    UNION ALL 
    SELECT x+ 1, y + 1 
    FROM b 
    WHERE x < 20
) SELECT * FROM b;

Prints

1|2
2|3
3|4
4|5
5|6
6|7
7|8
8|9
9|10
10|11
11|12
12|13
13|14
14|15
15|16
16|17
17|18
18|19
19|20
20|21

Here is another simple example that generates Fibonacci numbers we start with a = 0, b = 1 and then go a = b, b = a + b just like you would do in any programming language

Fibonacci Series

WITH b(x,y) AS 
(
    SELECT 0,1 
    UNION ALL 
    SELECT y, x + y 
    FROM b 
    WHERE x < 10000
) select * FROM b;

Prints

0|1
1|1
1|2
2|3
3|5
5|8
8|13
13|21
21|34
34|55
55|89
89|144
144|233
233|377
377|610
610|987
987|1597
1597|2584
2584|4181
4181|6765
6765|10946
10946|17711