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How to use recursion in Stored Procedures
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Recursion in T–SQL[^]
 
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Create Stored Procedure

SQL
CREATE PROCEDURE Factorial_ap
@Number Integer,
@RetVal Integer OUTPUT
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @In Integer, @Out Integer
IF @Number != 1
BEGIN 
SELECT @In = @Number-1
EXEC Factorial_ap @In, @Out OUTPUT
SELECT @RetVal = @Number * @Out
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SELECT @RetVal = 1
END	
RETURN @RetVal	
END
GO



Call the Stored Procedure


SQL
DECLARE @RESULT Integer
SET @RESULT = 0
EXEC Factorial_ap 5, @RESULT OUTPUT
PRINT @RESULT
 
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Maciej Los 28-Nov-13 11:48am    
Who vote 1? Why?

Good answer, a 5!
It is possible to use recursion with Common Table Expression[^].

SQL
;WITH MyCTE AS
(
    --initial value
    SELECT 1 AS ID
    UNION ALL
    --recursive part 
    SELECT ID + 1 AS ID
    FROM MyCTE
    WHERE ID<100
)
SELECT ID
FROM MyCTE
 
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