How to create a MySQL hierarchical recursive query?

For MySQL 8+: use the recursive with syntax.For MySQL 5.x: use inline variables, path IDs, or self-joins. MySQL 8+ The value specified in parent_id = 19 should be set to the id of the parent you want to select all the descendants of. MySQL 5.x For MySQL versions that do not support Common Table Expressions (up to version 5.7), you would achieve this with the … Read more

Cannot connect to Database server (mysql workbench)

The issue is likely due to socket authentication being enabled for the root user by default when no password is set, during the upgrade to ubuntu 16.04. The solution is to revert back to native password authentication. You can do this by logging in to MySQL using socket authentication by doing: Once logged in: which … Read more

Getting java.sql.SQLException: Operation not allowed after ResultSet closed

The problem is with the way you fetch data in getStuff(). Each time you visit getStuff() you obtain a fresh ResultSet but you don’t close it. This violates the expectation of the Statement class (see here – http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/sql/Statement.html): By default, only one ResultSet object per Statement object can be open at the same time. Therefore, if the reading of one ResultSet object is … Read more