oracle8.1.6 select short_name as forum_name, acs_permission.permission_p(:forum_id, :user_id, 'admin') as admin_p, acs_permission.permission_p(:forum_id, :user_id, 'bboard_moderate_forum') as moderate_p from bboard_forums where forum_id = :forum_id select m.message_id, m.reply_to, m.title, m.sent_date, m.mime_type, to_char(m.sent_date, 'Month DD, YYYY HH:Mi am') as pretty_date, m.content, p.first_names||' '||p.last_name as full_name, p.person_id as user_id, mt.depth - 1 as thread_depth, acs_permission.permission_p(m.message_id, :user_id, 'bboard_write_message') as write_p from acs_messages_all m, persons p, (select message_id, level as depth, rownum as seqnum from acs_messages im connect by prior message_id = reply_to start with message_id = :message_id) mt where p.person_id = m.sender and m.message_id = mt.message_id and m.message_id in (select bfmm.message_id from bboard_forum_message_map bfmm where bfmm.forum_id = :forum_id) order by seqnum