In SQL Server 2005, can I do a cascade delete without setting the property on my tables?

Question

I have a database full of customer data. It\'s so big that it\'s really cumbersome to operate on, and I\'d rather just slim it down to 10% of the customers, which is plenty

Answer 1

Kevin post is incomplete, his t-sql sp only prints the command, to execute these command, before last end add this

DECLARE @commandText VARCHAR(8000)
        DECLARE curDeletes CURSOR FOR
            select 'delete from [' + table_name + '] where ' + criteria from @to_delete order by id desc

        OPEN curDeletes
        FETCH NEXT FROM curDeletes
        INTO
            @commandText

        WHILE(@@FETCH_STATUS=0)
        BEGIN
            EXEC (@commandText)
            FETCH NEXT FROM curDeletes INTO @commandText
        END
        CLOSE curDeletes
        DEALLOCATE curDeletes