DBCC CHECKCONSTRAINTS (Transact-SQL)

table_name | table_id | constraint_name | constraint_id

Is the table or constraint to be checked. When table_name or table_id is specified, all enabled constraints on that table are checked. When constraint_name or constraint_id is specified, only that constraint is checked. If neither a table identifier nor a constraint identifier is specified, all enabled constraints on all tables in the current database are checked.

A constraint name uniquely identifies the table to which it belongs. For more information, see Database Identifiers.

WITH

Enables options to be specified

ALL_CONSTRAINTS

Checks all enabled and disabled constraints on the table if the table name is specified or if all tables are checked; otherwise, checks only the enabled constraint. ALL_CONSTRAINTS has no effect when a constraint name is specified.

ALL_ERRORMSGS

Returns all rows that violate constraints in the table that is checked. The default is the first 200 rows.

NO_INFOMSGS

Suppresses all informational messages.

DBCC CHECKCONSTRAINTS constructs and executes a query for all FOREIGN KEY constraints and CHECK constraints on a table.

For example, a foreign key query is of the following form:

SELECT <columns>
FROM <table_being_checked> LEFT JOIN <referenced_table>
    ON <table_being_checked.fkey1> = <referenced_table.pkey1> 
    AND <table_being_checked.fkey2> = <referenced_table.pkey2>
WHERE <table_being_checked.fkey1> IS NOT NULL 
    AND <referenced_table.pkey1> IS NULL
    AND <table_being_checked.fkey2> IS NOT NULL
    AND <referenced_table.pkey2> IS NULL

The query data is stored in a temp table. After all requested tables or constraints have been checked, the result set is returned.

DBCC CHECKCONSTRAINTS checks the integrity of FOREIGN KEY and CHECK constraints but does not check the integrity of the on-disk data structures of a table. These data structure checks can be performed by using DBCC CHECKDB and DBCC CHECKTABLE.

DBCC CHECKCONSTRAINTS return a rowset with the following columns.

Requires membership in the sysadmin fixed server role or the db_owner fixed database role.

A. Checking a table

USE AdventureWorks2012;
GO
CREATE TABLE Table1 (Col1 int, Col2 char (30));
GO
INSERT INTO Table1 VALUES (100, 'Hello');
GO
ALTER TABLE Table1 WITH NOCHECK ADD CONSTRAINT chkTab1 CHECK (Col1 > 100);
GO
DBCC CHECKCONSTRAINTS(Table1);
GO

B. Checking a specific constraint

USE AdventureWorks2012;
GO
DBCC CHECKCONSTRAINTS ("Production.CK_ProductCostHistory_EndDate");
GO

C. Checking all enabled and disabled constraints on all tables

DBCC CHECKCONSTRAINTS WITH ALL_CONSTRAINTS;
GO

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