USE AdventureWorks; GO IF OBJECT_ID (N'dbo.fn_FindReports', N'TF') IS NOT NULL DROP FUNCTION dbo.fn_FindReports; GO CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fn_FindReports (@InEmpID INTEGER) RETURNS @retFindReports TABLE ( EmployeeID int primary key NOT NULL, Name nvarchar(255) NOT NULL, Title nvarchar(50) NOT NULL, EmployeeLevel int NOT NULL, Sort nvarchar (255) NOT NULL ) --Returns a result set that lists all the employees who report to the --specific employee directly or indirectly.*/ AS BEGIN WITH DirectReports(Name, Title, EmployeeID, EmployeeLevel, Sort) AS (SELECT CONVERT(Varchar(255), c.FirstName + ' ' + c.LastName), e.Title, e.EmployeeID, 1, CONVERT(Varchar(255), c.FirstName + ' ' + c.LastName) FROM HumanResources.Employee AS e JOIN Person.Contact AS c ON e.ContactID = c.ContactID WHERE e.EmployeeID = @InEmpID UNION ALL SELECT CONVERT(Varchar(255), REPLICATE ('| ' , EmployeeLevel) + c.FirstName + ' ' + c.LastName), e.Title, e.EmployeeID, EmployeeLevel + 1, CONVERT (Varchar(255), RTRIM(Sort) + '| ' + FirstName + ' ' + LastName) FROM HumanResources.Employee as e JOIN Person.Contact AS c ON e.ContactID = c.ContactID JOIN DirectReports AS d ON e.ManagerID = d.EmployeeID ) -- copy the required columns to the result of the function INSERT @retFindReports SELECT EmployeeID, Name, Title, EmployeeLevel, Sort FROM DirectReports RETURN END; GO -- Example invocation SELECT EmployeeID, Name, Title, EmployeeLevel FROM dbo.fn_FindReports(109) ORDER BY Sort; |