SQL Script to alter ALL Foreign Keys to add ON DELETE CASCADE
Here's a script I used for a similiar purpose. It does not support composite foreign keys (which use more than one field.) And it would probably need some tweaking before it will work for your situation. EDIT: In particular it does not handle multi-column foreign keys correctly.
select
DropStmt = 'ALTER TABLE [' + ForeignKeys.ForeignTableSchema +
'].[' + ForeignKeys.ForeignTableName +
'] DROP CONSTRAINT [' + ForeignKeys.ForeignKeyName + ']; '
, CreateStmt = 'ALTER TABLE [' + ForeignKeys.ForeignTableSchema +
'].[' + ForeignKeys.ForeignTableName +
'] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [' + ForeignKeys.ForeignKeyName +
'] FOREIGN KEY([' + ForeignKeys.ForeignTableColumn +
']) REFERENCES [' + schema_name(sys.objects.schema_id) + '].[' +
sys.objects.[name] + ']([' +
sys.columns.[name] + ']) ON DELETE CASCADE; '
from sys.objects
inner join sys.columns
on (sys.columns.[object_id] = sys.objects.[object_id])
inner join (
select sys.foreign_keys.[name] as ForeignKeyName
,schema_name(sys.objects.schema_id) as ForeignTableSchema
,sys.objects.[name] as ForeignTableName
,sys.columns.[name] as ForeignTableColumn
,sys.foreign_keys.referenced_object_id as referenced_object_id
,sys.foreign_key_columns.referenced_column_id as referenced_column_id
from sys.foreign_keys
inner join sys.foreign_key_columns
on (sys.foreign_key_columns.constraint_object_id
= sys.foreign_keys.[object_id])
inner join sys.objects
on (sys.objects.[object_id]
= sys.foreign_keys.parent_object_id)
inner join sys.columns
on (sys.columns.[object_id]
= sys.objects.[object_id])
and (sys.columns.column_id
= sys.foreign_key_columns.parent_column_id)
) ForeignKeys
on (ForeignKeys.referenced_object_id = sys.objects.[object_id])
and (ForeignKeys.referenced_column_id = sys.columns.column_id)
where (sys.objects.[type] = 'U')
and (sys.objects.[name] not in ('sysdiagrams'))
Andomar's answer above is good but works for single-column foreign key constraints only. I adapted it a little for multi-column constraints:
create function dbo.fk_columns (@constraint_object_id int)
returns varchar(255)
as begin
declare @r varchar(255)
select @r = coalesce(@r + ',', '') + c.name
from sys.foreign_key_columns fkc
join sys.columns c
on fkc.parent_object_id = c.object_id
and fkc.parent_column_id = c.column_id
where fkc.constraint_object_id = @constraint_object_id
return @r
end
select distinct
DropStmt = 'ALTER TABLE [' + ForeignKeys.ForeignTableSchema +
'].[' + ForeignKeys.ForeignTableName +
'] DROP CONSTRAINT [' + ForeignKeys.ForeignKeyName + '] '
, CreateStmt = 'ALTER TABLE [' + ForeignKeys.ForeignTableSchema +
'].[' + ForeignKeys.ForeignTableName +
'] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [' + ForeignKeys.ForeignKeyName +
'] FOREIGN KEY(' + dbo.fk_columns(constraint_object_id) + ')' +
'REFERENCES [' + schema_name(sys.objects.schema_id) + '].[' +
sys.objects.[name] + '] '
+ ' ON DELETE CASCADE'
from sys.objects
inner join sys.columns
on (sys.columns.[object_id] = sys.objects.[object_id])
inner join (
select sys.foreign_keys.[name] as ForeignKeyName
,schema_name(sys.objects.schema_id) as ForeignTableSchema
,sys.objects.[name] as ForeignTableName
,sys.columns.[name] as ForeignTableColumn
,sys.foreign_keys.referenced_object_id as referenced_object_id
,sys.foreign_key_columns.referenced_column_id as referenced_column_id
,sys.foreign_keys.object_id as constraint_object_id
from sys.foreign_keys
inner join sys.foreign_key_columns
on (sys.foreign_key_columns.constraint_object_id
= sys.foreign_keys.[object_id])
inner join sys.objects
on (sys.objects.[object_id]
= sys.foreign_keys.parent_object_id)
inner join sys.columns
on (sys.columns.[object_id]
= sys.objects.[object_id])
and (sys.columns.column_id
= sys.foreign_key_columns.parent_column_id)
-- Uncomment this if you want to include only FKs that already
-- have a cascade constraint.
-- where (delete_referential_action_desc = 'CASCADE' or update_referential_action_desc = 'CASCADE')
) ForeignKeys
on (ForeignKeys.referenced_object_id = sys.objects.[object_id])
and (ForeignKeys.referenced_column_id = sys.columns.column_id)
where (sys.objects.[type] = 'U')
and (sys.objects.[name] not in ('sysdiagrams'))
You can also use the query to help remove ON DELETE CASCADE
from FKs that currently have it.
This still doesn't handle the case where the columns are named different things in the two tables - another user-defined function would need to be defined for that.
More Standards compliant solution:
;WITH CTE AS
(
SELECT
KCU1.CONSTRAINT_NAME AS FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME
,KCU1.TABLE_SCHEMA AS FK_SCHEMA_NAME
,KCU1.TABLE_NAME AS FK_TABLE_NAME
,KCU1.COLUMN_NAME AS FK_COLUMN_NAME
,KCU1.ORDINAL_POSITION AS FK_ORDINAL_POSITION
,KCU2.CONSTRAINT_NAME AS REFERENCED_CONSTRAINT_NAME
,KCU2.TABLE_SCHEMA AS REFERENCED_SCHEMA_NAME
,KCU2.TABLE_NAME AS REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME
,KCU2.COLUMN_NAME AS REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME
,KCU2.ORDINAL_POSITION AS REFERENCED_ORDINAL_POSITION
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS RC
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE KCU1
ON KCU1.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG = RC.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG
AND KCU1.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = RC.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
AND KCU1.CONSTRAINT_NAME = RC.CONSTRAINT_NAME
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE KCU2
ON KCU2.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG = RC.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_CATALOG
AND KCU2.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = RC.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
AND KCU2.CONSTRAINT_NAME = RC.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_NAME
AND KCU2.ORDINAL_POSITION = KCU1.ORDINAL_POSITION
)
SELECT
FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME
--,FK_SCHEMA_NAME
--,FK_TABLE_NAME
--,FK_COLUMN_NAME
--,FK_ORDINAL_POSITION
--,REFERENCED_CONSTRAINT_NAME
--,REFERENCED_SCHEMA_NAME
--,REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME
--,REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME
--,REFERENCED_ORDINAL_POSITION
,
'ALTER TABLE [' + FK_SCHEMA_NAME + ']'
+ '.[' + FK_TABLE_NAME + '] '
+ 'DROP CONSTRAINT [' + FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME + ']; '
AS DropStmt
,
'ALTER TABLE [' + FK_SCHEMA_NAME + ']'
+ '.[' + FK_TABLE_NAME + '] ' +
+ 'WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [' + FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME + '] '
+ 'FOREIGN KEY([' + FK_COLUMN_NAME + ']) '
+ 'REFERENCES [' + REFERENCED_SCHEMA_NAME + '].[' + REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME + ']([' + REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME + ']) ON DELETE CASCADE; '
AS CreateStmt
FROM CTE
WHERE (1=1)
/*
AND FK_TABLE_NAME IN
(
'T_SYS_Geschossrechte'
,'T_SYS_Gebaeuderechte'
,'T_SYS_Standortrechte'
)
AND REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME NOT LIKE 'T_AP_Ref_Mandant'
*/
ORDER BY
FK_TABLE_NAME
,FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME
,FK_COLUMN_NAME
,FK_ORDINAL_POSITION
,REFERENCED_CONSTRAINT_NAME
,REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME
,REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME
,REFERENCED_ORDINAL_POSITION
Edit:
Extended for multi-column foreign-keys:
;WITH CTE AS
(
SELECT
KCU1.CONSTRAINT_NAME AS FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME
,KCU1.TABLE_SCHEMA AS FK_SCHEMA_NAME
,KCU1.TABLE_NAME AS FK_TABLE_NAME
,KCU1.COLUMN_NAME AS FK_COLUMN_NAME
,KCU1.ORDINAL_POSITION AS FK_ORDINAL_POSITION
,KCU2.CONSTRAINT_NAME AS REFERENCED_CONSTRAINT_NAME
,KCU2.TABLE_SCHEMA AS REFERENCED_SCHEMA_NAME
,KCU2.TABLE_NAME AS REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME
,KCU2.COLUMN_NAME AS REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME
,KCU2.ORDINAL_POSITION AS REFERENCED_ORDINAL_POSITION
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS RC
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE KCU1
ON KCU1.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG = RC.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG
AND KCU1.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = RC.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
AND KCU1.CONSTRAINT_NAME = RC.CONSTRAINT_NAME
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE KCU2
ON KCU2.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG = RC.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_CATALOG
AND KCU2.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = RC.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
AND KCU2.CONSTRAINT_NAME = RC.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_NAME
AND KCU2.ORDINAL_POSITION = KCU1.ORDINAL_POSITION
)
SELECT
FK_SCHEMA_NAME
,FK_TABLE_NAME
,FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME
--,FK_COLUMN_NAME
--,REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME
,
'ALTER TABLE ' + QUOTENAME(FK_SCHEMA_NAME) + '.' + QUOTENAME(FK_TABLE_NAME) + ' '
+ 'DROP CONSTRAINT ' + QUOTENAME(FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME) + '; '
AS DropStmt
,
'ALTER TABLE ' + QUOTENAME(FK_SCHEMA_NAME) + '.' + QUOTENAME(FK_TABLE_NAME) + '
ADD CONSTRAINT ' + QUOTENAME(FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME) + '
FOREIGN KEY('
+
SUBSTRING
(
(
SELECT ', ' + QUOTENAME(FK.FK_COLUMN_NAME) AS [text()]
FROM CTE AS FK
WHERE FK.FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME = CTE.FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME
AND FK.FK_SCHEMA_NAME = CTE.FK_SCHEMA_NAME
AND FK.FK_TABLE_NAME = CTE.FK_TABLE_NAME
ORDER BY FK.FK_ORDINAL_POSITION
FOR XML PATH, TYPE
).value('.[1]', 'nvarchar(MAX)')
,3, 4000
)
+ ')
'
+ ' REFERENCES ' + QUOTENAME(REFERENCED_SCHEMA_NAME) + '.' + QUOTENAME(REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME) + '('
+ SUBSTRING
(
(
SELECT ', ' + QUOTENAME(Referenced.REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME) AS [text()]
FROM CTE AS Referenced
WHERE Referenced.FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME = CTE.FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME
AND Referenced.REFERENCED_SCHEMA_NAME = CTE.REFERENCED_SCHEMA_NAME
AND Referenced.REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME = CTE.REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME
ORDER BY Referenced.REFERENCED_ORDINAL_POSITION
FOR XML PATH, TYPE
).value('.[1]', 'nvarchar(MAX)')
, 3, 4000
)
+ ')
ON DELETE CASCADE
; ' AS CreateStmt
FROM CTE
GROUP BY
FK_SCHEMA_NAME
,FK_TABLE_NAME
,FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME
,REFERENCED_SCHEMA_NAME
,REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME
And the far simpler version for PostGreSQL:
;WITH CTE AS
(
SELECT
KCU1.CONSTRAINT_NAME AS FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME
,KCU1.TABLE_SCHEMA AS FK_SCHEMA_NAME
,KCU1.TABLE_NAME AS FK_TABLE_NAME
,KCU1.COLUMN_NAME AS FK_COLUMN_NAME
,KCU1.ORDINAL_POSITION AS FK_ORDINAL_POSITION
,KCU2.CONSTRAINT_NAME AS REFERENCED_CONSTRAINT_NAME
,KCU2.TABLE_SCHEMA AS REFERENCED_SCHEMA_NAME
,KCU2.TABLE_NAME AS REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME
,KCU2.COLUMN_NAME AS REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME
,KCU2.ORDINAL_POSITION AS REFERENCED_ORDINAL_POSITION
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS RC
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE KCU1
ON KCU1.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG = RC.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG
AND KCU1.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = RC.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
AND KCU1.CONSTRAINT_NAME = RC.CONSTRAINT_NAME
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE KCU2
ON KCU2.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG = RC.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_CATALOG
AND KCU2.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = RC.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
AND KCU2.CONSTRAINT_NAME = RC.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_NAME
AND KCU2.ORDINAL_POSITION = KCU1.ORDINAL_POSITION
)
SELECT
FK_SCHEMA_NAME
,FK_TABLE_NAME
,FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME
--,FK_COLUMN_NAME
--,REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME
,
'ALTER TABLE ' || QUOTE_IDENT(FK_SCHEMA_NAME) || '.' || QUOTE_IDENT(FK_TABLE_NAME) || ' '
|| 'DROP CONSTRAINT ' || QUOTE_IDENT(FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME) || '; '
AS DropStmt
,
'ALTER TABLE ' || QUOTE_IDENT(FK_SCHEMA_NAME) || '.' || QUOTE_IDENT(FK_TABLE_NAME) || '
ADD CONSTRAINT ' || QUOTE_IDENT(FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME) || '
FOREIGN KEY(' || string_agg(FK_COLUMN_NAME, ', ') || ')
'
|| ' REFERENCES ' || QUOTE_IDENT(REFERENCED_SCHEMA_NAME) || '.' || QUOTE_IDENT(REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME) || '(' || string_agg(REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME, ', ') || ')
ON DELETE CASCADE
; ' AS CreateStmt
FROM CTE
GROUP BY
FK_SCHEMA_NAME
,FK_TABLE_NAME
,FK_CONSTRAINT_NAME
,REFERENCED_SCHEMA_NAME
,REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME