[mysql] How to do the Recursive SELECT query in MySQL?

The accepted answer by @Meherzad only works if the data is in a particular order. It happens to work with the data from the OP question. In my case, I had to modify it to work with my data.

Note This only works when every record's "id" (col1 in the question) has a value GREATER THAN that record's "parent id" (col3 in the question). This is often the case, because normally the parent will need to be created first. However if your application allows changes to the hierarchy, where an item may be re-parented somewhere else, then you cannot rely on this.

This is my query in case it helps someone; note it does not work with the given question because the data does not follow the required structure described above.

select t.col1, t.col2, @pv := t.col3 col3
from (select * from table1 order by col1 desc) t
join (select @pv := 1) tmp
where t.col1 = @pv

The difference is that table1 is being ordered by col1 so that the parent will be after it (since the parent's col1 value is lower than the child's).

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