Simulate common table expression in HANA SQL Script

Hi,

I need to simulate a recursive query in HANA stored Procedure.

I know that HANA does not support CTE, so how would I do this?

I looked at all the discussion posted, but I don’t see any viable solution at all.

Is there any way I can do this without creating other tables to load and unload data as in examples I've seen.

For example, if I have a table that contain Employee/Manager relationship.  I need to count number of employees under a manager when a manager number is given.  How can I accomplish this?

Thank you for your help in advance.

Hyun Grasso