• ;WITH CTE AS

    (

    SELECT forumId,ParentId,HitNumber,

    Seq = CAST(','+CAST(forumId AS VARCHAR(2)) AS VARCHAR(20))

    FROM #tab1

    WHERE ParentId IS NULL

    UNION ALL

    SELECT DD2.forumId, DD2.ParentId, DD2.HitNumber,

    Seq = CAST(CTE.Seq + ',' + CAST(DD2.forumId AS VARCHAR(2)) AS VARCHAR(20))

    FROM #tab1 AS DD2

    INNER JOIN CTE

    ON CTE.ForumId = DD2.parentId

    )

    SELECT c.forumId, c.ParentId,

    x.TotalHitNumber

    FROM CTE c

    CROSS APPLY (

    SELECT TotalHitNumber = SUM(HitNumber)

    FROM CTE

    WHERE Seq+',' LIKE '%,'+CAST(c.forumId AS VARCHAR(2))+',%'

    ) x

    ORDER BY c.forumId

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