Avec cte récursif allant de top à childs :
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
Pour les données :
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)
il génère la sortie :
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
Violon http://sqlfiddle.com/#!6/17c12e/1