Is it possible to get SQL Server to use a plan that I want to optimize a recursive cte query

Question

I have a query in a view using a recursive cte on a large tree that works well when querying with a hard-coded number, but not with a parameter. Is it possible to get SQL Server to use the plan that I want to optimize for this recursive cte query? Any ideas would be appreciated.

Here is a view with a recursive CTE - it retrieves all the nodes under this object:

CREATE VIEW adams_test_view AS
WITH eq_mi_cte(miId, eqId, miName, miCode) AS
    (SELECT ent.id, ent.id, ent.name, ent.code
    FROM entity ent
    UNION ALL
    SELECT e.id, eq_mi_cte.eqid, e.name, e.code
    FROM entity e
    INNER JOIN eq_mi_cte ON e.pid = eq_mi_cte.miid)
SELECT * FROM eq_mi_cte

A view request with a parameter seems to request the whole view and then filters it, which never ends as the tree is too large - we get the maximum recursion error:

DECLARE @TopLevelEnt int
SET @TopLevelEnt = 187317;
select * from adams_test_view
WHERE eqId = @TopLevelEnt

Here is a plan (my applications for index names):

  |--Filter(WHERE:([Recr1009]=[@TopLevelEnt]))
       |--Index Spool(WITH STACK)
            |--Concatenation
                 |--Compute Scalar(DEFINE:([Expr1012]=(0)))
                 |    |--Index Scan(OBJECT:([local_dbname].[dbo].[Entity].[EntityParentId] AS [ent]))
                 |--Assert(WHERE:(CASE WHEN [Expr1014]>(100) THEN (0) ELSE NULL END))
                      |--Nested Loops(Inner Join, OUTER REFERENCES:([Expr1014], [Recr1004], [Recr1005], [Recr1006], [Recr1007]))
                           |--Compute Scalar(DEFINE:([Expr1014]=[Expr1013]+(1)))
                           |    |--Table Spool(WITH STACK)
                           |--Index Seek(OBJECT:([local_dbname].[dbo].[Entity].[EntityParentId] AS [e]), SEEK:([e].[PId]=[Recr1004]) ORDERED FORWARD)

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SELECT * FROM adams_test_view
WHERE eqId = 187317

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  |--Index Spool(WITH STACK)
       |--Concatenation
            |--Compute Scalar(DEFINE:([Expr1012]=(0)))
            |    |--Clustered Index Seek(OBJECT:([local_dbname].[dbo].[Entity].[PK__Entity__2E1BDC42] AS [ent]), SEEK:([ent].[Id]=(187317)) ORDERED FORWARD)
            |--Assert(WHERE:(CASE WHEN [Expr1014]>(100) THEN (0) ELSE NULL END))
                 |--Nested Loops(Inner Join, OUTER REFERENCES:([Expr1014], [Recr1004], [Recr1005], [Recr1006], [Recr1007]))
                      |--Compute Scalar(DEFINE:([Expr1014]=[Expr1013]+(1)))
                      |    |--Table Spool(WITH STACK)
                      |--Index Seek(OBJECT:([local_dbname].[dbo].[Entity].[EntityParentId] AS [e]), SEEK:([e].[PId]=[Recr1004]) ORDERED FORWARD)

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DECLARE @TopLevelEnt int
SET @TopLevelEnt = 187317;
select * from adams_test_view
WHERE eqId = @TopLevelEnt
OPTION (OPTIMIZE FOR (@TopLevelEnt = 187317))

SQL Server 2005 Express SQL Server Management Studio Express 2008 R2

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Answer 1

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