Disabling database constraints temporarily

18. February 2014 16:13 by Chris in   //  Tags:   //   Comments (0)

Another of those notes to self: 

-- Disable all the constraint in database
EXEC sp_msforeachtable "ALTER TABLE ? NOCHECK CONSTRAINT all"

-- Enable all the constraint in database
EXEC sp_msforeachtable "ALTER TABLE ? WITH CHECK CHECK CONSTRAINT all"

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