sql recursive within a range - tsql

Question

I have a sql query to form a parent/child structure to a tree-like view, the outcome is like this:
lvl1a
lvl1a/lvl2a
lvl1a/lvl2b
lvl1b/lvl2a/lvl3a
lvl1c
lvl1d/lvl2a/lvl3a/lvl4a
...
the query itself doesn't have a limited range, for instance, if i only want to get this tree-like view for the first and second level
can someone modify the sql query to add such function? tks
;with cte as
(
select
labelID,
Title,
ParentLevel,
cast(Title as varchar(max)) as [treePath]
from TestTable
where ParentLevel = 0
union all
select
t.labelID,
t.Title,
t.ParentLevel,
[treePath] + '/' + cast(t.Title as varchar(255))
from
cte
join TestTablet on cte.labelID = t.ParentLevel
)
select
labelID,
Title,
ParentLevel,
[treePath]
from cte
order by treePath

Answer 1

All we did here was add lvl 0 for the first part of the union in the CTE
then increment it by 1 each time the recursion occurs (after the union all)
then add a where clause to the select to eliminate levels beyond 2.
Though I find it odd this works since t isn't aliased in your code...
.
;with cte as
(
select
labelID,
Title,
ParentLevel,
cast(Title as varchar(max)) as [treePath],
0 as lvl
from TestTable
where ParentLevel = 0
union all
select
t.labelID,
t.Title,
t.ParentLevel,
[treePath] + '/' + cast(t.Title as varchar(255)),
cte.lvl+1 as lvl
from
cte
join TestTablet t on cte.labelID = t.ParentLevel
)
select
labelID,
Title,
ParentLevel,
[treePath]
from cte
where lvl <=2
order by treePath