Finding all related tables to a given table

Question

I\'m working on a development with over 700 tables. I need to see a listing of all related tables to a given table. Can you recommend an app that is able to provide such a thing

Answer 1

If your database supports the information schema views (most do), then you can run this query:

SELECT
    c.CONSTRAINT_NAME,
    cu.TABLE_NAME AS ReferencingTable, cu.COLUMN_NAME AS ReferencingColumn,
    ku.TABLE_NAME AS ReferencedTable, ku.COLUMN_NAME AS ReferencedColumn
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS c
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE cu
ON cu.CONSTRAINT_NAME = c.CONSTRAINT_NAME
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE ku
ON ku.CONSTRAINT_NAME = c.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_NAME

This will output a list of all referential constraints (foreign keys), the source (referencing) table/column, and primary key (referenced) table/column.

If you want to see references to a specific table, just add:

WHERE ku.TABLE_NAME = 'SomeTable'