create view v3 as WITH RECURSIVE employee_recursive(distance, employee_name, manager_name) AS ( SELECT 1, employee_name, manager_name FROM employee WHERE manager_name = 'Mary' UNION ALL SELECT er.distance + 1, e.employee_name, e.manager_name FROM employee_recursive er, employee e WHERE er.employee_name = e.manager_name ) SELECT distance, employee_name FROM employee_recursive;