Sql Server To Show A Data Tree In A Specific Format

We have a table like this (simplified version): Items: Itemid Itemname Itemfatherid itemA theitemA null itemB theitemB null itemC theitemC itemA itemD the

Solution 1:

The sample table

create table so1 (Itemid varchar(100), Itemname varchar(100), Itemfatherid varchar(100))
insert so1 select
'itemA','theitemA',null union all select
'itemB','theitemB',null union all select
'itemC','theitemC','itemA' union all select
'itemD','theitemD','itemA' union all select
'itemE','theitemE','itemC' union all select
'itemF','theitemF','itemE' union all select
'itemG','theitemG','itemD'

The query

if OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#tmp') is not null drop table #tmp
;
create table #tmp (
    uniqueid uniqueidentifier not null,
    level int not null,
    itemid varchar(100) null,
    primary key clustered(uniqueid, level)
)
;with cte(level, itemid, parentid, uniqueid) as
(
    select 1, itemid, itemfatherid, NEWID()
    from so1
    where not exists (select * from so1 k where k.itemfatherid=so1.itemid)
    union all
    select cte.level+1, t.itemid, t.itemfatherid, cte.uniqueid
    from cte
    inner join so1 t on t.Itemid = cte.parentid
)
insert #tmp (uniqueid, level, itemid)
select uniqueid, level, itemid
from cte
option (maxrecursion 1000) -- as required
;
;with tmp as (
    select *, newlevel = ROW_NUMBER() over (partition by uniqueid order by level desc)
    from #tmp)
update tmp
set level = newlevel
;
declare @sql nvarchar(max), @columns nvarchar(max)
;
set @sql = CONVERT(nvarchar(max), (
    select number [data()]
    from master..spt_values
    where type='P' and number between 1 and (select MAX(level) from #tmp)
    order by 1
    for xml path('a')))
select @sql = stuff(replace(replace(@sql,'</a><a>','],['),'</a>',']'),1,3,'[')
select @sql = '
select ' + @sql + '
from #tmp
pivot (max(itemid) for level in (' + @sql + ')) v
order by ' + @sql
exec (@sql)

The output

1       2       3       4
itemA   itemC   itemE   itemF
itemA   itemD   itemG   NULL
itemB   NULL    NULL    NULL