linq to sql recursive query

Question

EmployeeId  Name  ManagerId
------------------------------
1           A     null
2           B     null
3           C     1
4           D     3
5           E     2
         


        

Answer 1

You could do something like

    int id = 5;
    do
    {
        employee= employeedata.FirstOrDefault(e => e.EmployeeId == id);

    } while (employee != null && (id = employee.ManagerId) != 0);

but it's a rather dangerous thing to do since it can get stuck in an infinite loop. As far as I know there's no way to make a recursive query directly unless you write a stored procedure.