Hi Based on the following table Path ---------------------- area1 area1\area2 area1\area2\area3 area1\area2\area3\area4 area1\area2\area5 area1\area2\area6 area1\area7 Input to my stored procedure is areapath and no.of children (indicates the depth that needs to considered from the input areapath) areapath=area1 children=2 Above should give Path ----------- area1 area1\area2 area1\area2\area3 area1\area2\area5 area1\area2\area6 area1\area7 similary for areapath=area2 and children=1 output should be Path --------------- area1\area2 area1\area2\area3 area1\area2\area5 area1\area2\area6 I am confused how to write a query for this one.