>Hi Hilmar
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>>I think you will just have to create a UDF that goes all the way to the root and counts the levels.
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>>You might also consider saving the level as part of the data, to avoid those searches.
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>Thanks for your suggestions. I was hoping there was a SQL statement that would yield the level no.
I don't think so. Of course, once you have the appropriate UDF, you can call it from a SELECT statement.
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