How to list out all Foreign Keys with “WITH NOCHECK” in SQL Server

Question

Does anyone know a query for listing out all foreign keys in a database with WITH NOCHECK description applied to it? (removing them will boost performance and

Answer 1

The following code retrieves all foreign keys that are marked 'WITH NOCHECK' and then uses an ALTER statement to fix them up:

-- configure cursor on all FKs with "WITH NOCHECK"
DECLARE UntrustedForeignKeysCursor CURSOR STATIC FOR
    SELECT  f.name,
            t.name 
    FROM    sys.foreign_keys AS f
            LEFT JOIN sys.tables AS t 
                ON f.parent_object_id = t.object_id 
    Where   Is_Not_Trusted = 1
OPEN UntrustedForeignKeysCursor

-- loop through the untrusted FKs
DECLARE @FKName varchar(100)
DECLARE @TableName varchar(100)
FETCH NEXT FROM UntrustedForeignKeysCursor INTO @FKName, @TableName
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN

    -- Rebuild the FK constraint WITH CHECK
    EXEC ('ALTER TABLE ' + @TableName + ' WITH CHECK CHECK CONSTRAINT ' + @FKName)

    -- get next user
    FETCH NEXT FROM UntrustedForeignKeysCursor INTO @FKName, @TableName

END

-- cleanup
CLOSE UntrustedForeignKeysCursor