AdvancedCTEs & Recursive
Recursive CTE: calculate compound interest over years
The query
SQL
WITH RECURSIVE compound AS (
SELECT
1 AS year,
10000.00 AS principal,
10000.00 * 0.08 AS interest,
10000.00 * 1.08 AS balance
UNION ALL
SELECT
year + 1,
balance AS principal,
balance * 0.08 AS interest,
balance * 1.08 AS balance
FROM compound
WHERE year < 20
)
SELECT
year,
ROUND(principal, 2) AS principal,
ROUND(interest, 2) AS annual_interest,
ROUND(balance, 2) AS end_balance
FROM compound;Note
“Recursive CTE for financial modeling. Shows 20 years of 8% compound growth without procedural code.