How to drop a list of SQL Server tables, ignoring constraints?

Question

I have a list of half a dozen MSSQL 2008 tables that I would like to remove at once from my database. The data has been entirely migrated to new tables. There is no reference in

Answer 1

Run the following script to delete all the constraints in all tables under current DB and then run the drop table statements.

DECLARE @dropAllConstraints NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'';

SELECT @dropAllConstraints  += N'
ALTER TABLE ' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(parent_object_id))
    + '.' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(parent_object_id)) + 
    ' DROP CONSTRAINT ' + QUOTENAME(name) + ';'
FROM sys.foreign_keys;
EXEC sp_executesql @dropAllConstraints