SQL Server 2017 (Linux)

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Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (RTM-CU31-GDR) (KB5029376) - 14.0.3465.1 (X64) 
	Jul 30 2023 15:31:58 
	Copyright (C) 2017 Microsoft Corporation
	Express Edition (64-bit) on Linux (Rocky Linux 8.8 (Green Obsidian))


CREATE TABLE dbo.Example(GroupKey int NOT NULL, RecordKey varchar(12) NOT NULL);

ALTER TABLE dbo.Example
    ADD CONSTRAINT iExample PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (GroupKey ASC, RecordKey ASC);
INSERT INTO dbo.Example(GroupKey, RecordKey)
VALUES 
  (1, 'Archimedes'),
  (1, 'Newton'), 
  (1, 'Euler'), 
  
  (2, 'Euler'), 
  (2, 'Gauss'),
  
  (3, 'Gauss'), 
  (3, 'Poincaré'), 
  
  ---
  (4, 'Ramanujan'), 
  
  ---
  (5, 'Neumann'),
  (5, 'Grothendieck'), 
  
  (6, 'Grothendieck'), 
  (6, 'Tao');
12 rows affected

WITH rCTE AS 
(
    -- Anchor
    SELECT 
        GroupKey, RecordKey, 
        CAST('|' + CAST(GroupKey AS VARCHAR(10)) + '|' AS VARCHAR(100)) AS GroupKeys,
        CAST('|' + CAST(RecordKey AS VARCHAR(10)) + '|' AS VARCHAR(100)) AS RecordKeys,
        1 AS lvl
    FROM Example

    UNION ALL

    -- Recursive
    SELECT
        e.GroupKey, e.RecordKey, 
        CASE WHEN r.GroupKeys NOT LIKE '%|' + CAST(e.GroupKey AS VARCHAR(10)) + '|%'
            THEN CAST(r.GroupKeys + CAST(e.GroupKey AS VARCHAR(10)) + '|' AS VARCHAR(100))
            ELSE r.GroupKeys
        END,
        CASE WHEN r.RecordKeys NOT LIKE '%|' + CAST(e.RecordKey AS VARCHAR(10)) + '|%'
            THEN CAST(r.RecordKeys + CAST(e.RecordKey AS VARCHAR(10)) + '|' AS VARCHAR(100))
            ELSE r.RecordKeys
        END,
        r.lvl + 1
    FROM rCTE AS r
         JOIN Example AS e
         ON  e.RecordKey = r.RecordKey
         AND r.GroupKeys NOT LIKE '%|' + CAST(e.GroupKey AS VARCHAR(10)) + '|%'
         -- 
         OR e.GroupKey = r.GroupKey
         AND r.RecordKeys NOT LIKE '%|' + CAST(e.RecordKey AS VARCHAR(10)) + '|%'
)
SELECT 
    ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY GroupKeys) AS rn,
    GroupKeys, RecordKeys
FROM rCTE AS c
WHERE NOT EXISTS
      ( SELECT 1
        FROM rCTE AS m
        WHERE m.lvl > c.lvl
          AND m.GroupKeys LIKE '%|' + CAST(c.GroupKey AS VARCHAR(10)) + '|%'
        OR    m.lvl = c.lvl
          AND ( m.GroupKey > c.GroupKey
             OR m.GroupKey = c.GroupKey
             AND m.RecordKeys > c.RecordKeys
              )
          AND m.GroupKeys LIKE '%|' + CAST(c.GroupKey AS VARCHAR(10)) + '|%'
          AND c.GroupKeys LIKE '%|' + CAST(m.GroupKey AS VARCHAR(10)) + '|%'
      ) 
OPTION (MAXRECURSION 0) ;


rn
GroupKeys
RecordKeys


1
|1|2|3|
|Newton|Archimedes|Euler|Gauss|Poincaré|

2
|4|
|Ramanujan|

3
|5|6|
|Neumann|Grothendie|Tao|
rn	GroupKeys	RecordKeys
1	\|1\|2\|3\|	\|Newton\|Archimedes\|Euler\|Gauss\|Poincaré\|
2	\|4\|	\|Ramanujan\|
3	\|5\|6\|	\|Neumann\|Grothendie\|Tao\|