Disable constraints
I've looked the way to temporarily turn off all DB's constraints (eg table relationships)
I needed to copy (using INSERTs) one DBs tables to another DB I know I can archive that by executing commands in proper order (to do not brake relationships)
But it would be easier if I could turn off checking constraints temporarily and turn on it back after operation finish.
So, you can disable FK and CHECK constraints only in SQL 2005+ using below command
ALTER TABLE foo WITH NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ALL
or
ALTER TABLE foo WITH NOCHECK CONSTRAINT CK_foo_column
Note: Primary keys and unique constraints can not be disabled.
I needed to copy (using INSERTs) one DBs tables to another DB I know I can archive that by executing commands in proper order (to do not brake relationships)
But it would be easier if I could turn off checking constraints temporarily and turn on it back after operation finish.
So, you can disable FK and CHECK constraints only in SQL 2005+ using below command
ALTER TABLE foo WITH NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ALL
or
ALTER TABLE foo WITH NOCHECK CONSTRAINT CK_foo_column
Note: Primary keys and unique constraints can not be disabled.
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