Foreign Key Indexes and Binding
Understand what FK's do and how they use indexes. Then use my script to see if they're using good indexes.
2018-06-29 (first published: 2016-02-10)
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Foreign Keys (FK)
Auto-suggesting foreign keys and data model archaeology
If you can understand the data model then you can understand the intent of the application developers.
2018-07-06 (first published: 2016-01-26)
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2015-10-07
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Indexing Foreign Keys
Foreign Keys are one of the fundamental characteristics of relational databases and enforce the referential integrity. Is it a good idea to index a FK relationship? When can it help?
2016-09-16 (first published: 2015-06-29)
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2015-03-24
2,203 reads
2014-12-04 (first published: 2014-11-17)
1,424 reads
Drop and Re-Create All Foreign Key Constraints in SQL Server
Aaron Bertrand supplies a script which generates two separate sets of commands: one to drop all foreign key constraints, and one to create them again. These scripts are stored in a table so that, if you drop the constraints and then disaster of some kind strikes during the create, you still have everything handy and can troubleshoot if needed.
2014-10-17
8,457 reads
2014-05-20
1,792 reads
2014-04-14
2,264 reads
List Table Foreign Keys, Primary key and indexes
This procedure let you list [optional] by table:
-Foreign keys
-Primary key
-Indexes
2015-03-27 (first published: 2014-02-06)
4,037 reads
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Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers