[drupal-devel] nested sets (was menu memory usage)

[Karoly Negyesi]

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:47:33 +0200, Moshe Weitzman <weitzman at tejasa.com>  
wrote:

> Konstantin describes a node hierarchy system powered by nested sets.  
> Thats far more powerful than Ber's relations as described in those  
> links. Nested sets allow you to express complex hierarchies with  
> excellent performance. Thats not true with flat relations table.
>
> Many of us in Amsterdam discussed nested sets as a promising solution to  
> our   widespread neet for hierarchy. I encourage Konstantin and others  
> to pursue this solution. Book.module is also excellent test case IMO.

Let me point out that Allie's hier module wants to use nested sets. See  
http://donorge.org/d_items/view/331 and  
http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/sandbox/vauxia/hier/README.txt?view=auto

Regards

NK