Dados hierárquicos de classificação do MySQL

A função

DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS hierarchy_connect_by_parent_eq_prior_id;
DELIMITER $$
CREATE FUNCTION hierarchy_connect_by_parent_eq_prior_id(value INT) RETURNS INTEGER
NOT DETERMINISTIC
READS SQL DATA
BEGIN
    DECLARE _parent INT;
    DECLARE _rank INT;
    DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET @id = NULL;

    SET _parent = @id;
    SET _rank = 0;

    IF @id IS NULL THEN
            RETURN NULL;
    END IF;

    LOOP
        SET @innerrank = 0;
        SELECT p.id 
        INTO   @id
        FROM   (
                SELECT   id, @innerrank := @innerrank+1 AS rank 
                FROM     yourTable 
                WHERE    COALESCE(parent, 0) = _parent 
                ORDER BY yourField
                ) p 
        WHERE   p.rank > _rank LIMIT 0, 1;
        IF @id IS NOT NULL OR _parent = @start_with THEN
                SET @level = @level + 1;
                RETURN @id;
        END IF;
        SET @level := @level - 1;
        SET @innerrank = 0;
        SELECT COALESCE(p.parent, 0), p.rank
        INTO   _parent, _rank
        FROM   (
                SELECT id, parent, @innerrank := @innerrank+1 AS rank
                FROM    yourTable
                WHERE   COALESCE(parent, 0) = (
                    SELECT COALESCE(parent, 0) FROM yourTable WHERE id = _parent
                    ) 
                ORDER BY yourField
               ) p
        WHERE p.id = _parent;
    END LOOP;       
END;
$$
DELIMITER ;

A consulta

SELECT ou.* FROM (
    SELECT hi.id, parent, yourField FROM (
        SELECT hierarchy_connect_by_parent_eq_prior_id(id) AS id, 
            @level AS level 
            FROM (
                SELECT @start_with := 0, @id := @start_with, @level := 0
                 ) vars, yourTable 
            WHERE @id IS NOT NULL
        ) ho 
    JOIN yourTable hi ON hi.id = ho.id
) ou