Is there a query that will get me foreign keys directed at a specific table column? For example, say I had these three tables:
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Courtesy of Pinal Dave:
SELECT
f.name AS ForeignKey,
OBJECT_NAME(f.parent_object_id) AS TableName,
COL_NAME(fc.parent_object_id,
fc.parent_column_id) AS ColumnName,
OBJECT_NAME (f.referenced_object_id) AS ReferenceTableName,
COL_NAME(fc.referenced_object_id,
fc.referenced_column_id) AS ReferenceColumnName
FROM
sys.foreign_keys AS f
INNER JOIN sys.foreign_key_columns AS fc ON f.OBJECT_ID = fc.constraint_object_id
Added dynamic drop and create on dbo scheme.
DECLARE @l varchar(1) = char(13);
DECLARE @referenced_object_id varchar(MAX) = 'Replace_With_PK_Table_Name';
SELECT
fk.name AS ForeignKey,
OBJECT_NAME(fk.parent_object_id) AS TableName,
COL_NAME(fkc.parent_object_id,
fkc.parent_column_id) AS ColumnName,
OBJECT_NAME (fk.referenced_object_id) AS ReferenceTableName,
COL_NAME(fkc.referenced_object_id,
fkc.referenced_column_id) AS ReferenceColumnName,
'ALTER TABLE [dbo].['+OBJECT_NAME(fk.parent_object_id)+'] DROP CONSTRAINT ['+fk.name+'];' DropFK,
'ALTER TABLE [dbo].['+OBJECT_NAME(fk.parent_object_id)+'] WITH NOCHECK ADD CONSTRAINT ['+fk.name+'] FOREIGN KEY(['+COL_NAME(fkc.referenced_object_id,
fkc.referenced_column_id)+'])'+ @l +
' REFERENCES [dbo].['+OBJECT_NAME(fk.referenced_object_id)+'] (['+COL_NAME(fkc.referenced_object_id,
fkc.referenced_column_id)+'])'+ @l +
' ON UPDATE CASCADE'+ @l +
' ON DELETE CASCADE;'+ @l +
'ALTER TABLE [dbo].['+OBJECT_NAME(fk.parent_object_id)+'] CHECK CONSTRAINT ['+fk.name+'];' CreateFK
FROM
sys.foreign_keys AS fk
INNER JOIN sys.foreign_key_columns AS fkc ON fk.OBJECT_ID = fkc.constraint_object_id
WHERE OBJECT_NAME(fk.referenced_object_id)=@referenced_object_id