Tuesday , November 12 2024

DBCC CHECKCONSTRAINTS Command On SQL Server

 

DBCC CHECKCONSTRAINTS checks the consistency of a specified constraint, or all constraints in a table.

 

So what is Constraint?

Constraints are the restrictions set for the data in the database. There are several constraint types. Below you will find articles related to these Constraints.

NOT NULLThe constraint that prevents the column from being null.
UNIQUE CONSTRAINTYou can find the details in my article “What is Unique Constraint“.
PRIMARY KEYYou can find it in the article “What is Primary Key and Foreign Key“.
FOREIGN KEYYou can find it in the article “What is Primary Key and Foreign Key“.
CHECK CONSTRAINTYou can find it in the article “How To Create CHECK CONSTRAINT“.
DEFAULT CONSTRAINTYou can find it in the article “How To Create Default Constraint On SQL Server

 

We may need to resolve the inconsistency in the database by using some of the commands that start with DBCC CHECK when an inconsistency occurs on the database. Fixing the problem in this way can sometimes create problems with the constraints. So after running these commands, we can check the consistency of the constraints with the following command.

The command we are running above controls the consistency of the only active constraints. When you add ALL_CONSTRAINTS to the script as below, it will check all active and passive constraints.

The command we are running above controls the consistency of only active constraints. When you add ALL_CONSTRAINTS to the script as below, it will check all active and passive constraints.

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