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SQL Server Item Purge w/ Foreign Key Constraints
Posted on 2011-02-23
I would like to purge some items out of our sql table that has foreign key constraints associated with it. I have saved these specific items to a historical table. What is the best practice in deleting these items from this type of table with regard to the foreign keys? Do I have to drop and recreated the keys? If so, what is the proper way in doing so, so that I do not disturb the data I still want retained in the table.
Much Regards,
Traci M.
delete from dimitem where
itemwk not in (select distinct(itemwk) from factcustsales)and datepart(year, effbegindate) <= '2008'
Much Regards,
Traci M.
delete from dimitem where
itemwk not in (select distinct(itemwk) from factcustsales)and datepart(year, effbegindate) <= '2008'
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You have to drop that foreign key constraint then delete data and then recreate constraint.
--drop foreign key
alter table tablename drop constraint ConstraintName
-- Delete data
delete from dimitem where
itemwk not in (select distinct(itemwk) from factcustsales)and datepart(year, effbegindate) <= '2008'
--Recreate Constraint
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[TableName]
WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_TableName_TableName2] FOREIGN KEY([FK_Name])
REFERENCES [dbo].[TableName2] ([ID])
go
--drop foreign key
alter table tablename drop constraint ConstraintName
-- Delete data
delete from dimitem where
itemwk not in (select distinct(itemwk) from factcustsales)and datepart(year, effbegindate) <= '2008'
--Recreate Constraint
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[TableName]
WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_TableName_TableName2] FOREIGN KEY([FK_Name])
REFERENCES [dbo].[TableName2] ([ID])
go
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[DimItem] DROP CONSTRAINT [DF_DimItem_BrandFamilyID]
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[DimItem] DROP CONSTRAINT [DF_DimItem_BrandFamilyDes
delete from dimitem where
itemwk not in (select distinct(itemwk) from factcustsales)and datepart(year, effbegindate) <= '2008'
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[DimItem] ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_DimItem_BrandFamilyDes
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[DimItem] ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_DimItem_BrandFamilyID]
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[DimItem] DROP CONSTRAINT [DF_DimItem_BrandFamilyDes
delete from dimitem where
itemwk not in (select distinct(itemwk) from factcustsales)and datepart(year, effbegindate) <= '2008'
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[DimItem] ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_DimItem_BrandFamilyDes
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[DimItem] ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_DimItem_BrandFamilyID]
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