SQL Server CTE -Find top parentID forEach childID?

Question

I have a table which contains hierarchy data - something like:

childID  |  parentID
____________________
  1      |     5
  5      |     9
  9      |     20         


        

Answer 1

Consider this sample data and respective SQL to access child records along with their top parent.

Sample DATA

SQL code:

;WITH c AS (
   SELECT Id, Name, ParentId as CategoryId, 
          Id as MainCategoryId, Name AS MainCategory 
     FROM   pmsItemCategory 
     WHERE  ParentId is null

     UNION ALL 

     SELECT T.Id, T.Name, T.ParentId,  MainCategoryId, MainCategory 
     FROM   pmsItemCategory AS T 
            INNER JOIN c  ON T.ParentId = c.Id 
     WHERE  T.ParentId is not null
    ) 

SELECT Id, Name, CategoryId, MainCategoryId, MainCategory 
FROM   c 
order by Id