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FK Hierarchy v 2.1

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Published on: August 9, 2011

Last month I published an update to my Foreign Key Hierarchy script.  Today, I am providing a new update for that script.  A friend (Rémi Grégoire) helped out with some mods to this script.  The change for this month is nothing too intrusive.  The script is now updated for those databases that are Case Sensitive.

DECLARE    @StartParentTable    VARCHAR(256)
 
SELECT @StartParentTable = 'my starting table'
 
;With Hierarchy (ParentTable,ParentColumn, ChildTable,ChildColumn, FKLevel, SortCol) AS (
  SELECT OBJECT_NAME(sfk.referenced_object_id) AS ParentTable
          ,COL_NAME(sfkc.referenced_object_id,sfkc.referenced_column_id) AS ParentColumn
          ,OBJECT_NAME(sfk.Parent_object_id) AS ChildTable
          ,COL_NAME(sfkc.parent_object_id,sfkc.parent_column_id) AS ChildColumn
          ,0 AS FKLevel
          ,CAST('.'+CAST(OBJECT_NAME(sfk.referenced_object_id) AS VARCHAR(MAX))+'.' AS VARCHAR(MAX))
      FROM sys.foreign_key_columns sfkc
          INNER Join sys.foreign_keys sfk
              ON sfkc.constraint_object_id = sfk.OBJECT_ID
      WHERE OBJECT_NAME(sfk.referenced_object_id) = @StartParentTable
  UNION All
  SELECT OBJECT_NAME(sfk.referenced_object_id) AS ParentTable
          ,COL_NAME(sfkc.referenced_object_id,sfkc.referenced_column_id) AS ParentColumn
          ,OBJECT_NAME(sfk.Parent_object_id) AS ChildTable
          ,COL_NAME(sfkc.parent_object_id,sfkc.parent_column_id) AS ChildColumn
          ,FKLevel + 1
          ,STUFF(('.' + F.SortCol + CAST(CAST(OBJECT_NAME(sfk.referenced_object_id) AS VARCHAR(MAX)) + '.' AS VARCHAR(MAX))
                      ),1,1,'')
      FROM sys.foreign_keys sfk
          INNER Join Hierarchy F
              ON OBJECT_NAME(sfk.referenced_object_id) = F.ChildTable
              And F.SortCol NOT LIKE '%'+CAST(OBJECT_NAME(sfk.referenced_object_id) AS VARCHAR(MAX))+'%'
          INNER Join sys.foreign_key_columns sfkc
              ON sfkc.constraint_object_id = sfk.OBJECT_ID
      WHERE OBJECT_NAME(sfk.referenced_object_id) <> @StartParentTable
          And sfk.referenced_object_id <> sfk.parent_object_id
), Ancestry (ParentTable,ParentColumn, ChildTable,ChildColumn, FKLevel, SortCol) AS (
  SELECT DISTINCT OBJECT_NAME(sfk.referenced_object_id) AS ParentTable
      ,COL_NAME(sfkc.referenced_object_id,sfkc.referenced_column_id) AS ParentColumn
      ,OBJECT_NAME(sfk.Parent_object_id) AS ChildTable
      ,COL_NAME(sfkc.parent_object_id,sfkc.parent_column_id) AS ChildColumn
      ,-1 AS FKLevel
      ,CAST('.'+CAST(OBJECT_NAME(sfk.referenced_object_id) AS VARCHAR(MAX))+'.' AS VARCHAR(MAX))
  FROM Hierarchy F
      INNER Join sys.foreign_keys sfk
          ON F.ChildTable = OBJECT_NAME(sfk.parent_object_id)
          And F.ParentTable <> OBJECT_NAME(sfk.referenced_object_id)
      INNER Join sys.foreign_key_columns sfkc
          ON sfkc.constraint_object_id = sfk.OBJECT_ID
  UNION All
  SELECT OBJECT_NAME(sfk.referenced_object_id) AS ParentTable
      ,COL_NAME(sfkc.referenced_object_id,sfkc.referenced_column_id) AS ParentColumn
      ,OBJECT_NAME(sfk.Parent_object_id) AS ChildTable
      ,COL_NAME(sfkc.parent_object_id,sfkc.parent_column_id) AS ChildColumn
      ,F.FKLevel -1
      ,STUFF(('.' + SortCol + CAST(CAST(OBJECT_NAME(sfk.referenced_object_id) AS VARCHAR(MAX)) + '.' AS VARCHAR(MAX))
                  ),1,1,'')
  FROM Ancestry F
      INNER Join sys.foreign_keys sfk
          ON F.ParentTable = OBJECT_NAME(sfk.parent_object_id)
      INNER Join sys.foreign_key_columns sfkc
          ON sfkc.constraint_object_id = sfk.OBJECT_ID
  WHERE F.ParentTable not in (SELECT ParentTable FROM Hierarchy)
      And sfk.referenced_object_id <> sfk.parent_object_id
      And F.ChildTable not IN (SELECT ChildTable FROM Hierarchy)
)
 
SELECT ParentTable,ParentColumn, ChildTable,ChildColumn, FKLevel, SortCol
FROM Hierarchy
UNION All
SELECT ParentTable,ParentColumn, ChildTable,ChildColumn, FKLevel, SortCol
FROM Ancestry
  ORDER BY SortCol ASC
  OPTION (maxrecursion 500)

This update should make it more usable for any that may be using it or is interested in using it.  Thanks for Rémi for taking the time to propose this update.

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