This translates to MySQL, tested on 4.0.18: 
 SELECT @right_most_sibling := rgt
   FROM Personnel
  WHERE emp = ? /* :your_boss */;

 UPDATE Personnel
    SET lft = IF(lft >  @right_most_sibling, lft + 2, lft),
        rgt = IF(rgt >= @right_most_sibling, rgt + 2, rgt)
  WHERE rgt >= @right_most_sibling;

 INSERT INTO Personnel (emp, lft, rgt)
 VALUES ('New Guy', @right_most_sibling, @right_most_sibling + 1);

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I don't know what version of MySQL introduced the @var := doohickey. Be warned that inserts etc. into a nested-set must touch all nodes to the right of the parent. That shouldn't be a problem if the tree is small or updated infrequently. A smarty might be able to devise a method to mitigate the change, but I'm not so smart, I plan to brute force a solution one of these days. :-) This nested-set thread has piqued my interest in the subject.

In reply to Re: Re: Re^3: (OT?) Recursive sql queries? by geekbunker
in thread (OT?) Recursive sql queries? by BUU

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