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Asked: 2026-06-07T09:59:00+00:00

i need to do a recursive sum in SQL Server. I want a stored

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i need to do a recursive sum in SQL Server. I want a stored procedure where i can pass in a parent Id, then return a total for all the children(and children’s children) linked to that parent id.

Here is what i have so far

IF object_id('tempdb..#Averages') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
   DROP TABLE #Averages
END


CREATE TABLE #Averages
(
ID INT PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED IDENTITY(1,1),
Name VARCHAR(255),
ParentID int,
Value INT
)

INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)VALUES('Fred',NULL,1)
INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)VALUES('Bets',NULL,1)

INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)(SELECT 'Wynand',ID,21 FROM #Averages WHERE      Name = 'Fred'  )

INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)(SELECT 'Dewald',ID,27 FROM #Averages WHERE     Name = 'Fred'  )
INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)(SELECT 'Katelynn',ID,1 FROM #Averages WHERE Name = 'Dewald'  )

INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)(SELECT 'Jacques',ID,28 FROM #Averages WHERE Name = 'Bets'  )
INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)(SELECT 'Luan',ID,4 FROM #Averages WHERE Name = 'Jacques'  )
INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)(SELECT 'Ruben',ID,2 FROM #Averages WHERE Name = 'Jacques'  )


;WITH Personal AS
(
SELECT N=1, ID,Name,ParentID,Value
FROM #Averages 
WHERE ParentID IS NULL
UNION ALL
SELECT N+1, Av.ID,Av.Name,Av.ParentID,Av.Value
FROM #Averages Av
INNER JOIN  Personal P ON P.ID = Av.ParentID
)

SELECT Name,
    SUM(Value) as Total
FROM Personal
WHERE N<=3
GROUP BY Name
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  1. Editorial Team

    After playing around a bit i think i got it. I added a Top Level ID, which i set in the Root for the CTE. And then just add the top level id for all the recursion.

    In the end i only sum, and basically use TopLevelId to join to the Top level Table.

    IF object_id('tempdb..#Averages') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
   DROP TABLE #Averages
END

CREATE TABLE #Averages
(
    ID INT PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED IDENTITY(1,1),
    Name VARCHAR(255),
    ParentID int,
    Value INT
)

 INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)VALUES('Fred',NULL,1)
 INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)VALUES('Bets',NULL,1)

 INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)(SELECT 'Wynand',ID,21 FROM #Averages WHERE Name = 'Fred'  )

 INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)(SELECT 'Dewald',ID,27 FROM #Averages WHERE Name = 'Fred'  )
 INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)(SELECT 'Katelynn',ID,1 FROM #Averages WHERE Name = 'Dewald'  )

 INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)(SELECT 'Jacques',ID,28 FROM #Averages WHERE Name = 'Bets'  )
 INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)(SELECT 'Luan',ID,4 FROM #Averages WHERE Name = 'Jacques'  )
 INSERT INTO #Averages(Name,ParentID,Value)(SELECT 'Ruben',ID,2 FROM #Averages WHERE Name = 'Jacques'  )


;WITH Personal AS
(
    SELECT N=1, 
        ID,
        Name,
        ParentID,
        Value,
        TopLevelID =ID
    FROM #Averages 
    WHERE ParentID IS NULL

    UNION ALL

    SELECT N+1, 
        Av.ID,
        Av.Name,
        Av.ParentID,
        Av.Value,
        TopLevelID =P.TopLevelID
    FROM #Averages Av
    INNER JOIN  Personal P ON P.ID = Av.ParentID
)

SELECT SUM(P.Value) AS Total,
        A.Name
FROM Personal P
INNER JOIN #Averages A on A.ID = P.TopLevelID
GROUP BY A.Name
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