This may seem like a strange Question. I have a Hierarchy Table setup
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tblHierarchy](
[pkiID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[fkiParentID] [int] NOT NULL,
[intOrder] [int] NOT NULL,
[vchDescription] [varchar](256) NULL,
[boolLeaf] [bit] NULL,
[vchPL] [varchar](50) NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_tblHierarchy] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[pkiID] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
Pretty Standard Stuff....
Heres the kicker - I want to return the structure in a view (for reporting purposes)
EG
[Parent] [blank cell] [blank cell] [blank cell]
[blank cell] [child] [blank cell] [blank cell]
[blank cell] [blank cell] [child] [blank cell]
[blank cell] [blank cell] [child] [blank cell]
[blank cell] [blank cell] [blank cell] [child]
[blank cell] [blank cell] [blank cell] [child]
[blank cell] [blank cell] [child] [blank cell]
[Parent] [blank cell] [blank cell] [blank cell]
Something to that effect. The depth of the Hierarchy is undefined
your local friendly neighbourhood hobo