It is possible to prove that the table GRAPHPLUS can not be computed
through the operations of the relational algebra. (see [Maier, 1983], for exam-
ple). However, SQL Plus allows us to compute the table GRAPHPLUS, when the
underlying graph G is acyclic.
This is accomplished using the clause connect by of select. This clause
establishes links between tuples of a table and can be used to retrieve the vertices
of a graph that can be accessed by paths that start from a certain vertex. Its
syntax is defined by: