Question

I have a stored procedure that returns records based on a Department ID:

Employee Name                ManagerID         SupervisorID                ID  
    John Smith                  1                     1                      1  
    Tom Jones                   1                     2                      2  
    Robert Thompson             1                     2                      3
    Jennifer Stevens            1                     4                      4  

I want to indent the records that are returned as follows:

• If ManagerID = ID (no indentation)
• If SupervisorID = ID (2 spaces indented)
• Else (4 spaces indented)*

Something like:

John Smith  
   Tom Jones  
       Robert Thompson  
   Jennifer Stevens

How would I accomplish that?

Answer 1

How about:

SPACE (
CASE
  WHEN ManagerID = ID THEN 0
  WHEN SupervisorID = ID THEN 2
  ELSE 4
  END
) + [Employee Name] AS [Employee Name]