DML on CTE?

Hello,

You can have

SELECT

statement inside of CTE parenthesis but after close CTE parenthesis then you can have

INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE, SELECT

For example,

USE AdventureWorks2012;
GO
WITH Parts(AssemblyID, ComponentID, PerAssemblyQty, EndDate, ComponentLevel) AS
(
    SELECT b.ProductAssemblyID, b.ComponentID, b.PerAssemblyQty,
        b.EndDate, 0 AS ComponentLevel
    FROM Production.BillOfMaterials AS b
    WHERE b.ProductAssemblyID = 800
          AND b.EndDate IS NULL
    UNION ALL
    SELECT bom.ProductAssemblyID, bom.ComponentID, p.PerAssemblyQty,
        bom.EndDate, ComponentLevel + 1
    FROM Production.BillOfMaterials AS bom 
        INNER JOIN Parts AS p
        ON bom.ProductAssemblyID = p.ComponentID
        AND bom.EndDate IS NULL
)
UPDATE Production.BillOfMaterials
SET PerAssemblyQty = c.PerAssemblyQty * 2
FROM Production.BillOfMaterials AS c
JOIN Parts AS d ON c.ProductAssemblyID = d.AssemblyID
WHERE d.ComponentLevel = 0; 

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Kindly take a look over it and let me know in case you have any concern.

Best Regards,
Mohit Pandit

thanks Mohit.. in your example, can you do INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE on Parts CTE?

thank you Mohit