SQL Server CTE and recursion example

Question

I never use CTE with recursion. I was just reading an article on it. This article shows employee info with the help of Sql server CTE and recursion. It is basically showing

Answer 1

    --DROP TABLE #Employee
    CREATE TABLE #Employee(EmpId BIGINT IDENTITY,EmpName VARCHAR(25),Designation VARCHAR(25),ManagerID BIGINT)

    INSERT INTO #Employee VALUES('M11M','Manager',NULL)
    INSERT INTO #Employee VALUES('P11P','Manager',NULL)

    INSERT INTO #Employee VALUES('AA','Clerk',1)
    INSERT INTO #Employee VALUES('AB','Assistant',1)
    INSERT INTO #Employee VALUES('ZC','Supervisor',2)
    INSERT INTO #Employee VALUES('ZD','Security',2)


    SELECT * FROM #Employee (NOLOCK)

    ;
    WITH Emp_CTE 
    AS
    (
        SELECT EmpId,EmpName,Designation, ManagerID
              ,CASE WHEN ManagerID IS NULL THEN EmpId ELSE ManagerID END ManagerID_N
        FROM #Employee  
    )
    select EmpId,EmpName,Designation, ManagerID
    FROM Emp_CTE
    order BY ManagerID_N, EmpId