sys.foreign_key_columns (Transact-SQL)

Contains a row for each column, or set of columns, that comprise a foreign key.

Column name Data type Description

constraint_object_id

int

ID of the FOREIGN KEY constraint

constraint_column_id

int

ID of the column, or set of columns, that comprise the FOREIGN KEY (1..n where n=number of columns)

parent_object_id

int

ID of the parent of the constraint, which is the referencing object.

parent_column_id

int

ID of the parent column, which is the referencing column.

referenced_object_id

int

ID of the referenced object, which has the candidate key.

referenced_column_id

int

ID of the referenced column (candidate key column).

See Also

Reference

Object Catalog Views (Transact-SQL)
Catalog Views (Transact-SQL)

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