Recursive Query

  • [font="Verdana"]Hi,

    Can anybody update me in detail on what Recursive Query is?

    Thanks in adavance,

    Mahesh[/font]

    MH-09-AM-8694

  • I guess your google is broken.

    "A recursive query is one in which a CTE references itself."

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Development/recursivequeriesinsqlserver2005/1760/[/url]

    Ryan Randall

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  • Or, you can have a procedure call itself. That too is recursion. Triggers can call themselves too. That's usually referred to as "an error."

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  • Dictionary definition of "Recursive":

    Recursive (re-cur-siv) adj: See recursive.

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  • GSquared (4/15/2008)


    Dictionary definition of "Recursive":

    Recursive (re-cur-siv) adj: See recursive.

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