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Table.EnumForeignKeys Method

SQL Server 2012

SQL Server 2005

Enumerates a list of primary keys in which the table is referenced as a foreign key.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

C++

JScript

public DataTable EnumForeignKeys()

Return Value

Type: System.Data.DataTable
A DataTable system object value that contains a list of information about where this table is referenced as a foreign key. The table describes the different columns of the returned DataTable.

Column	Data type	Description
Table_Schema	String	The name of the schema associated with the table that contains the foreign key.
Table_Name	String	The name of the table that contains the foreign key.
Name	String	The name of the foreign key.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to enumerate a list of the primary keys that reference the table as a foreign key.

Server srv = new Server("(local)");
Database db = srv.Databases["AdventureWorks2012"];

foreach (Table tb in db.Tables)
{
   tb.EnumForeignKeys();
}

Powershell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2012")

foreach ($tb in $db.Tables)
{
   $tb.EnumForeignKeys()
}

Reference

Table Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Tables

CREATE TABLE (Transact-SQL)

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