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Re:Ask HN: Why are relational DBs are the standard instead o... by clpm4j on Sunday October 03, 2021 @10:34AM (#28737479)
SELECT p.ProductName FROM Product AS p JOIN ProductCategory pc ON (p.CategoryID = pc.CategoryID AND pc.CategoryName = "Dairy Products")

JOIN ProductCategory pc1 ON (p.CategoryID = pc1.CategoryID) JOIN ProductCategory pc2 ON (pc1.ParentID = pc2.CategoryID AND pc2.CategoryName = "Dairy Products")

JOIN ProductCategory pc3 ON (p.CategoryID = pc3.CategoryID) JOIN ProductCategory pc4 ON (pc3.ParentID = pc4.CategoryID) JOIN ProductCategory pc5 ON (pc4.ParentID = pc5.CategoryID AND pc5.CategoryName = "Dairy Products");

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MATCH (p:Product)-[:CATEGORY]->(l:ProductCategory)-[:PARENT*0..]->(:ProductCategory {name:"Dairy Products"}) RETURN p.name

Re:Ask HN: Why are relational DBs are the standard instead o... by somewhereoutth on Sunday October 03, 2021 @05:18PM (#28740586)
So basically allow 'named joins' in SQL and we are done.