Mit rekursivem cte von oben nach untergeordneten Elementen:
with cte as(
select *, code as ultimate from t where code = under
union all
select t.*, c.ultimate from t
join cte c on c.code = t.under
where t.code <> t.under
)
select * from cte
Für Daten:
create table t (code int, name varchar(100), under int)
insert into t values
(1, 'National Sales Manager', 1),
(2, 'regional sales manager', 1),
(3, 'area sales manager', 2),
(4, 'sales manager', 3),
(5, 'a', 5),
(6, 'b', 5),
(7, 'c', 5),
(8, 'd', 7),
(9, 'e', 7),
(10, 'f', 9),
(11, 'g', 9)
es erzeugt die Ausgabe:
code name under ultimate
1 National Sales Manager 1 1
5 a 5 5
6 b 5 5
7 c 5 5
8 d 7 5
9 e 7 5
10 f 9 5
11 g 9 5
2 regional sales manager 1 1
3 area sales manager 2 1
4 sales manager 3 1
Geige http://sqlfiddle.com/#!6/17c12e/1