SQL Server Equivalent of Oracle 'CONNECT BY PRIOR', and 'ORDER SIBLINGS BY'

Question

I\'ve got this Oracle code structure I\'m trying to convert to SQL Server 2008 (Note: I have used generic names, enclosed column names and tabl

Answer 1

The option given by the user "a_horse_with_no_name" worked for me. I changed the code and applied it to a menu generator query and it worked the first time. Here is the code:

WITH tree(option_id,
       option_description,
      option_url,
      option_icon,
      option_level,
      sort_path)
     AS (
     SELECT ppo.option_id,
            ppo.option_description,
          ppo.option_url,
          ppo.option_icon,
          1 AS option_level,
          CAST('/' + RIGHT('00' + CONVERT(VARCHAR, ppo.option_index), 6) AS VARCHAR(MAX))
     FROM security.options_table_name ppo
     WHERE ppo.option_parent_id IS NULL
     UNION ALL
     SELECT co.option_id,
            co.option_description,
          co.option_url,
          co.option_icon,
          po.option_level + 1,
          po.sort_path + '/' + RIGHT('00' + CONVERT(VARCHAR, co.option_index), 6)
     FROM security.options_table_name co,
          tree AS po
     WHERE po.option_id = co.option_parent_id)
     SELECT *
     FROM tree
    ORDER BY sort_path;