SQL “tree-like” query - most parent group

Question

I\'m having some trouble doing a \"tree-like\" query (what do we call this?) in SQL.

Take a look at my diagram below (table and column names are in danish - sorry ab

Answer 1

How about something like this:

DECLARE @Customer TABLE(
        CustomerID INT IDENTITY(1,1),
        CustomerName VARCHAR(MAX)
)

INSERT INTO @Customer SELECT 'Customer1'
INSERT INTO @Customer SELECT 'Customer2'
INSERT INTO @Customer SELECT 'Customer3'

DECLARE @CustomerTreeStructure TABLE(
        CustomerID INT,
        TreeItemID INT
)

INSERT INTO @CustomerTreeStructure (CustomerID,TreeItemID) SELECT 1, 1
INSERT INTO @CustomerTreeStructure (CustomerID,TreeItemID) SELECT 2, 12
INSERT INTO @CustomerTreeStructure (CustomerID,TreeItemID) SELECT 3, 1
INSERT INTO @CustomerTreeStructure (CustomerID,TreeItemID) SELECT 3, 12

DECLARE @TreeStructure TABLE(
        TreeItemID INT IDENTITY(1,1),
        TreeItemName VARCHAR(MAX),
        TreeParentID INT
)

INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '001', NULL
INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '001.001', 1
INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '001.001.001', 2
INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '001.001.002', 2
INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '001.001.003', 2
INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '001.002', 1
INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '001.003', 1
INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '001.003.001', 7
INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '001.001.002.001', 4
INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '001.001.002.002', 4
INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '001.001.002.003', 4

INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '002', NULL
INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '002.001', 12
INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '002.001.001', 13
INSERT INTO @TreeStructure (TreeItemName,TreeParentID) SELECT '002.001.002', 13

;WITH Structure AS (
    SELECT  TreeItemID,
            TreeItemName,
            TreeParentID,
            REPLICATE('0',5 - LEN(CAST(TreeItemID AS VARCHAR(MAX)))) + CAST(TreeItemID AS VARCHAR(MAX)) + '\\' TreePath
    FROM    @TreeStructure ts
    WHERE   ts.TreeParentID IS NULL
    UNION ALL
    SELECT  ts.*,
            s.TreePath + REPLICATE('0',5 - LEN(CAST(ts.TreeItemID AS VARCHAR(5)))) + CAST(ts.TreeItemID AS VARCHAR(5)) + '\\' TreePath
    FROM    @TreeStructure ts INNER JOIN
            Structure s ON ts.TreeParentID = s.TreeItemID
)

SELECT  c.CustomerName,
        Children.TreeItemName,
        Children.TreePath
FROM    @Customer c INNER JOIN
        @CustomerTreeStructure cts ON c.CustomerID = cts.CustomerID INNER JOIN
        Structure s ON cts.TreeItemID = s.TreeItemID INNER JOIN
        (
            SELECT  *
            FROM    Structure
        ) Children ON Children.TreePath LIKE s.TreePath +'%'
ORDER BY 1,3
OPTION (MAXRECURSION 0)