Advice on connect by prior

Question

Hi Consultants,
i have to report the account balance user the parents 511000, 520000, 530000, 540000, 550000, 570000.
i need to put condition in my query to get only for above accounts.
For exmaple :
512011 is child to 512000 and 512000 is child to 511000.
for i need to develop a query to find root parent for child account.
i developed below query
select parent_flex_value from
( SELECT fchi.parent_flex_value,fval.flex_value FROM APPS.FND_FLEX_VALUE_SETS FSET,
APPS.FND_FLEX_VALUES FVAL
,apps.FND_FLEX_VALUE_CHILDREN_V FCHI
WHERE FSET.FLEX_VALUE_SET_NAME LIKE 'Account%'
AND FSET.flex_value_set_id = FVAL.flex_value_set_id
--AND FVAL.flex_value = '510000'
AND FSET.flex_value_set_id = FCHI.flex_value_set_id
AND FVAL.FLEX_VALUE = FCHI.flex_value) f1 ,APPS.FND_FLEX_VALUES F2
where f2.flex_value = f1.flex_value
Start with f1.flex_value = '512000'
CONNECT BY PRIOR f1.flex_value = F2.FLEX_VALUE
order by level
it is giving error like ORA-01436: CONNECT BY loop in user data
Please advise me or corret the query if there is any incorrect
THanks in advance.
Ashok

Answer 1

Hello,
I think there is something wrong with your query.
You have the condition
where f2.flex_value = f1.flex_valueand then you connect by prior clause :
CONNECT BY PRIOR f1.flex_value = F2.FLEX_VALUEIt is on the same columns, so for the connect by prior clause, f1.flex_value is always equal to F2.FLEX_VALUE and that is why it is looping.
To to a correct recursive query, your should have a table with a column that represents the child identifier and a column that represents the parent identifier. and the CONNECT BY PRIOR clause do the link between child and parent.
Hope this will help.
Regards,
Sylvie