How can I drop a table if there is a foreign key constraint in SQL Server?

Question

I have the following:

DROP TABLE [dbo].[ExtraUserInformation];
DROP TABLE [dbo].[UserProfile];
DROP TABLE [dbo].[webpages_Membership];
DROP TABLE [dbo].[webp         


        

Answer 1

Type this .... SET foreign_key_checks = 0;
delete your table then type SET foreign_key_checks = 1;

MySQL – Temporarily disable Foreign Key Checks or Constraints

Answer 2

BhupeshC and murat , this is what I was looking for. However @SQL varchar(4000) wasn't big enough. So, small change

DECLARE @cmd varchar(4000)

DECLARE MY_CURSOR CURSOR 
  LOCAL STATIC READ_ONLY FORWARD_ONLY
FOR 

select 'ALTER TABLE ['+s.name+'].['+t.name+'] DROP CONSTRAINT [' + RTRIM(f.name) +'];' FROM sys.Tables t INNER JOIN sys.foreign_keys f ON f.parent_object_id = t.object_id INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = f.schema_id

OPEN MY_CURSOR
FETCH NEXT FROM MY_CURSOR INTO @cmd
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
    -- EXEC (@cmd)
    PRINT @cmd
    FETCH NEXT FROM MY_CURSOR INTO @cmd
END
CLOSE MY_CURSOR
DEALLOCATE MY_CURSOR

GO