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Drop and Create all Foreign Keys The Elegant Way

Yesterday I posted a script that will drop all of the foreign keys in your database in a very inelegant, but super effective way. Today’s script is slightly more sophisticated in that you can print out the CREATE statements for the foreign keys before running the drop. The script will print out the commands rather than running them, so you can script them out and run them whenever you want.

Delete all Foreign Keys The Brute Force Way

Before I get into this, I’m hoping that you’re aware that deleting foreign key constraints is a bad idea, and unless you have a good reason to do so, or at least have the ability to re-apply them, then leave them be.