Sql Server: cte query with outer table

Question

i have this code:

with cte as
(select m.ID , 1 i from MyTable m union all
 select ID  , cte.i +1 i from cte  where i < 5)
select * from cte

error message: Msg 319, Level 15, State 1, Line 2 Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'with'. If this statement is a common table expression, an xmlnamespaces clause or a change tracking context clause, the previous statement must be terminated with a semicolon.

What is wrong?

Answer 1

declare @MyTable table (id int)
insert @MyTable values (1),(2),(3),(4),(5);

with cte(id,i) as
(select m.ID , 1 from @MyTable m union all
 select ID  , cte.i +1  from cte  where cte.i < 5)
select * from cte