recursion - SQL Server 2000 with statement and recursive with

Question

I have a problem in SQL Server 2000. I cannot send a recursive WITH query because CTE was introduced in SQL Server 2005.

My question is the following:

how can I retrieve the answer of a hierarchy if I do not want to use a procedure but I can send 2 queries in which case I can include the answer of the first query in the second.

This is the query for SQL Server 2005:

WITH recursive_back (SOACTION,SOACTIONS) AS
(SELECT child.SOACTION,child.SOACTIONS
   FROM  soaction child
  WHERE child.soaction ={id to search}
  UNION ALL
 SELECT parent.SOACTION,parent.SOACTIONS
   FROM recursive_back child,soaction parent
  WHERE child.soactions = parent.soaction ),
recursive_ahead (SOACTION,SOACTIONS) AS
(SELECT parent.SOACTION, parent.SOACTIONS
   FROM soaction parent,recursive_back
  WHERE parent.soaction=recursive_back.soaction
  UNION ALL
 SELECT child.SOACTION, child.SOACTIONS
   FROM recursive_ahead parent, soaction child
  WHERE child.soactions = parent.soaction)

SELECT R.SOACTION,R.SOACTIONS
  FROM recursive_back R, SOACTION A
 WHERE R.SOACTION=A.SOACTION
 UNION
SELECT R.SOACTION,R.SOACTIONS
  FROM recursive_ahead R, SOACTION A
 WHERE R.SOACTION=A.SOACTION;

GO