SQL-92标准允许将约束声明为DEFERRABLE，以便在事务范围内(隐式或显式)延迟它。遗憾的是，SQL Server仍然缺少这个SQL-92功能。

对我来说，将约束更改为NOCHECK类似于动态更改数据库结构——删除约束当然是这样——这是需要避免的(例如，用户需要增加特权)。

右键单击表设计，进入“关系”，在左侧窗格中选择外键，在右侧窗格中，将强制外键约束设置为“Yes”(启用外键约束)或“No”(禁用外键约束)。

(摘自http://www.sqljunkies.com/WebLog/roman/archive/2005/01/30/7037.aspx， 现在存档在时光倒流机中)

Foreign key constraints and check constraint are very useful for enforcing data integrity and business rules. There are certain scenarios though where it is useful to temporarily turn them off because their behavior is either not needed or could do more harm than good. I sometimes disable constraint checking on tables during data loads from external sources or when I need to script a table drop/recreate with reloading the data back into the table. I usually do it in scenarios where I don't want a time consuming process to fail because one or a few of many million rows have bad data in it. But I always turn the constraints back on once the process is finished and also in some cases I run data integrity checks on the imported data.

如果禁用外键约束，则可以插入父表中不存在的值。如果禁用检查约束，则可以将值放入列中，就像检查约束不存在一样。下面是禁用和启用表约束的一些例子:

——禁用所有表约束 修改表MyTable NOCHECK约束 ——启用所有表约束 修改MyTable，检查检查约束全部 ——禁用单个约束 修改表MyTable NOCHECK约束 ——启用单一约束 ALTER TABLE MyTable WITH CHECK CHECK CONSTRAINT MyConstraint

标记为“905”的答案看起来不错，但不能工作。

下面的方法对我很有效。不能禁用任何主键、唯一键或默认约束。事实上，如果“sp_helpconstraint”在status_enabled中显示“n/a”-意味着它不能被启用/禁用。

生成脚本为DISABLE

select 'ALTER TABLE ' + object_name(id) + ' NOCHECK CONSTRAINT [' + object_name(constid) + ']'
from sys.sysconstraints 
where status & 0x4813 = 0x813 order by object_name(id)

——生成脚本以启用

select 'ALTER TABLE ' + object_name(id) + ' CHECK CONSTRAINT [' + object_name(constid) + ']'
from sys.sysconstraints 
where status & 0x4813 = 0x813 order by object_name(id)

如果你想禁用数据库中的所有约束，只需运行以下代码:

-- disable all constraints
EXEC sp_MSforeachtable "ALTER TABLE ? NOCHECK CONSTRAINT all"

要将它们重新打开，运行:(打印当然是可选的，它只是列出表)

-- enable all constraints
exec sp_MSforeachtable @command1="print '?'", @command2="ALTER TABLE ? WITH CHECK CHECK CONSTRAINT all"

我发现它在将数据从一个数据库填充到另一个数据库时很有用。这是比放弃约束更好的方法。正如您所提到的，当删除数据库中的所有数据并重新填充它时(例如在测试环境中)，它非常方便。

如果您正在删除所有数据，您可能会发现这个解决方案是有用的。

有时禁用所有触发器也很方便，你可以在这里看到完整的解决方案。

几乎可以肯定，检查是必须的!

在一些回答和评论中提出了这一点，但我认为再次提出这一点非常重要。

使用以下命令(不使用WITH CHECK)重新启用约束会有一些严重的缺陷。

ALTER TABLE MyTable CHECK CONSTRAINT MyConstraint;

WITH CHECK | WITH NOCHECK Specifies whether the data in the table is or is not validated against a newly added or re-enabled FOREIGN KEY or CHECK constraint. If not specified, WITH CHECK is assumed for new constraints, and WITH NOCHECK is assumed for re-enabled constraints. If you do not want to verify new CHECK or FOREIGN KEY constraints against existing data, use WITH NOCHECK. We do not recommend doing this, except in rare cases. The new constraint will be evaluated in all later data updates. Any constraint violations that are suppressed by WITH NOCHECK when the constraint is added may cause future updates to fail if they update rows with data that does not comply with the constraint. The query optimizer does not consider constraints that are defined WITH NOCHECK. Such constraints are ignored until they are re-enabled by using ALTER TABLE table WITH CHECK CHECK CONSTRAINT ALL.

注意:WITH NOCHECK是重新启用约束的默认值。我想知道为什么……

No existing data in the table will be evaluated during the execution of this command - successful completion is no guarantee that the data in the table is valid according to the constraint. During the next update of the invalid records, the constraint will be evaluated and will fail - resulting in errors that may be unrelated to the actual update that is made. Application logic that relies on the constraint to ensure that data is valid may fail. The query optimizer will not make use of any constraint that is enabled in this way.

sys。Foreign_keys系统视图提供了一些问题的可见性。注意，它有一个is_disabled列和一个is_not_trusted列。Is_disabled指示是否根据约束验证未来的数据操作。Is_not_trusted指示表中当前的所有数据是否已经根据约束进行了验证。

ALTER TABLE MyTable WITH CHECK CHECK CONSTRAINT MyConstraint;

你的约束是可信的吗?找出……

SELECT * FROM sys.foreign_keys WHERE is_not_trusted = 1;