Techniques and systems are provided for efficiently managing hierarchical relational data stored in object-relational database system by extending the syntax of the database language supported by the database system (e.g. SQL) to incorporate several new "hierarchical" operators. These operators are evaluated based on the hierarchical relationship defined for hierarchical relational data. The operators maybe incorporated in SQL queries along with relational operators.

 
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