Hierarki i SQL Server 2005 med XML

Du kan använda en rekursiv CTE för att bygga hierarkin och gå över nivåer för att bygga XML.

-- Sample data
create table MyDatabaseTable(ID int,  Name varchar(10), Parent int, [Order] int)
insert into MyDatabaseTable values
(1, 'N1',     null, 1),
(2, 'N1_1',   1   , 1),
(3, 'N1_1_1', 2   , 1),
(4, 'N1_1_2', 2   , 2),
(5, 'N1_2',   1   , 2),
(6, 'N2',     null, 1),
(7, 'N2_1',   6   , 1)

-- set @Root to whatever node should be root
declare @Root int = 1

-- Worktable that holds temp xml data and level
declare @Tree table(ID int, Parent int, [Order] int, [Level] int, XMLCol xml)

-- Recursive cte that builds @tree
;with Tree as 
(
  select 
    M.ID,
    M.Parent,
    M.[Order],
    1 as [Level]
  from MyDatabaseTable as M
  where M.ID = @Root
  union all
  select 
    M.ID,
    M.Parent,
    M.[Order],
    Tree.[Level]+1 as [Level]
  from MyDatabaseTable as M
    inner join Tree
      on Tree.ID = M.Parent  
)
insert into @Tree(ID, Parent, [Order], [Level])
select *
from Tree


declare @Level int
select @Level = max([Level]) from @Tree

-- Loop for each level
while @Level > 0
begin

  update Tree set
    XMLCol = (select
                M.ID as '@ID',
                M.Name as '@Name',
                M.Parent as '@Parent',
                M.[Order] as '@Order',
                (select XMLCol as '*'
                 from @Tree as Tree2
                 where Tree2.Parent = M.ID
                 order by Tree2.[Order]
                 for xml path(''), type)
              from MyDatabaseTable as M
              where M.ID = Tree.ID
              order by M.[Order]
              for xml path('item'))
  from @Tree as Tree             
  where Tree.[Level] = @Level

  set @Level = @Level - 1
end

select XMLCol
from @Tree
where ID = @Root

Resultat

<item ID="1" Name="N1" Order="1">
  <item ID="2" Name="N1_1" Parent="1" Order="1">
    <item ID="3" Name="N1_1_1" Parent="2" Order="1" />
    <item ID="4" Name="N1_1_2" Parent="2" Order="2" />
  </item>
  <item ID="5" Name="N1_2" Parent="1" Order="2" />
</item>