Simple script to get referenced table and their column names

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Published on Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:02:34 GMT Indexed on 2010/06/08 14:13 UTC
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-- Setup user supplied parameters

DECLARE @WantedTable SYSNAME

 

SET     @WantedTable = 'Sales.factSalesDetail'

 

-- Wanted table is "parent table"

SELECT      PARSENAME(@WantedTable, 2) AS ParentSchemaName,

            PARSENAME(@WantedTable, 1) AS ParentTableName,

            cp.Name AS ParentColumnName,

            OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(parent_object_id) AS ChildSchemaName,

            OBJECT_NAME(parent_object_id) AS ChildTableName,

            cc.Name AS ChildColumnName

FROM        sys.foreign_key_columns AS fkc

INNER JOIN  sys.columns AS cc ON cc.column_id = fkc.parent_column_id

                AND cc.object_id = fkc.parent_object_id

INNER JOIN  sys.columns AS cp ON cp.column_id = fkc.referenced_column_id

                AND cp.object_id = fkc.referenced_object_id

WHERE       referenced_object_id = OBJECT_ID(@WantedTable)

 

-- Wanted table is "child table"

SELECT      OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(referenced_object_id) AS ParentSchemaName,

            OBJECT_NAME(referenced_object_id) AS ParentTableName,

            cc.Name AS ParentColumnName,

            PARSENAME(@WantedTable, 2) AS ChildSchemaName,

            PARSENAME(@WantedTable, 1) AS ChildTableName,

            cp.Name AS ChildColumnName

FROM        sys.foreign_key_columns AS fkc

INNER JOIN  sys.columns AS cp ON cp.column_id = fkc.parent_column_id

                AND cp.object_id = fkc.parent_object_id

INNER JOIN  sys.columns AS cc ON cc.column_id = fkc.referenced_column_id

                AND cc.object_id = fkc.referenced_object_id

WHERE       parent_object_id = OBJECT_ID(@WantedTable)

 

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