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

after select you have to build and execute the actual delete

declare @deleteSql nvarchar(1200)
declare delete_cursor cursor for
select table_name, criteria 
from @to_delete
order by id desc

open delete_cursor

fetch next from delete_cursor
into @table_name, @criteria

while @@fetch_status = 0
begin
 select @deleteSql = 'delete from ' + @table_name + ' where ' + @criteria
 --print @deleteSql
-- exec sp_execute @deleteSql
EXEC SP_EXECUTESQL @deleteSql

 fetch next from delete_cursor
 into @table_name, @criteria
end
close delete_cursor
deallocate delete_cursor