Encontrar todas las uniones necesarias para unir mediante programación una tabla

Dado un SourceTable y un TargetTable, me gustaría crear mediante programación una cadena con todas las uniones requeridas.

En resumen, estoy tratando de encontrar una manera de crear una cadena como esta:

FROM SourceTable t
JOIN IntermediateTable t1 on t1.keycolumn = t.keycolumn
JOIN TargetTable t2 on t2.keycolumn = t1.keycolumn

Tengo una consulta que devuelve todas las claves foráneas para una tabla determinada, pero me encuentro con limitaciones al intentar ejecutar todo esto de forma recursiva para encontrar la ruta de unión óptima y crear la cadena.

SELECT 
    p.name AS ParentTable
    ,pc.name AS ParentColumn
    ,r.name AS ChildTable
    ,rc.name AS ChildColumn
FROM sys.foreign_key_columns fk
JOIN sys.columns pc ON pc.object_id = fk.parent_object_id AND pc.column_id = fk.parent_column_id 
JOIN sys.columns rc ON rc.object_id = fk.referenced_object_id AND rc.column_id = fk.referenced_column_id
JOIN sys.tables p ON p.object_id = fk.parent_object_id
JOIN sys.tables r ON r.object_id = fk.referenced_object_id
WHERE fk.parent_object_id = OBJECT_ID('aTable')
ORDER BY ChildTable, fk.referenced_column_id

Estoy seguro de que esto se ha hecho antes, pero parece que no puedo encontrar un ejemplo.

Tenía un guión que hace una versión rudimentaria del recorrido de claves foráneas. Lo adapté rápidamente (ver más abajo), y es posible que pueda usarlo como punto de partida.

Dada una tabla de destino, el script intenta imprimir la cadena de unión para la ruta más corta (o una de ellas en el caso de vínculos) para todas las tablas de origen posibles, de modo que se puedan atravesar claves foráneas de una sola columna para llegar a la tabla de destino. El script parece estar funcionando bien en la base de datos con un par de miles de tablas y muchas conexiones FK en las que lo probé.

Como otros mencionan en los comentarios, necesitaría hacer esto más complejo si necesita manejar claves externas de múltiples columnas. Además, tenga en cuenta que este no es un código totalmente probado y listo para producción. ¡Espero que sea un punto de partida útil si decides desarrollar esta funcionalidad!

-- Drop temp tables that will be used below
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#paths') IS NOT NULL
    DROP TABLE #paths
GO
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#shortestPaths') IS NOT NULL
    DROP TABLE #shortestPaths
GO

-- The table (e.g. "TargetTable") to start from (or end at, depending on your point of view)
DECLARE @targetObjectName SYSNAME = 'TargetTable'

-- Identify all paths from TargetTable to any other table on the database,
-- counting all single-column foreign keys as a valid connection from one table to the next
;WITH singleColumnFkColumns AS (
    -- We limit the scope of this exercise to single column foreign keys
    -- We explicitly filter out any multi-column foreign keys to ensure that they aren't misinterpreted below
    SELECT fk1.*
    FROM sys.foreign_key_columns fk1
    LEFT JOIN sys.foreign_key_columns fk2 ON fk2.constraint_object_id = fk1.constraint_object_id AND fk2.constraint_column_id = 2
    WHERE fk1.constraint_column_id = 1
        AND fk2.constraint_object_id IS NULL
)
, parentCTE AS (
    -- Base case: Find all outgoing (pointing into another table) foreign keys for the specified table
    SELECT 
        p.object_id AS ParentId
        ,OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(p.object_id) + '.' + p.name AS ParentTable
        ,pc.column_id AS ParentColumnId
        ,pc.name AS ParentColumn
        ,r.object_id AS ChildId
        ,OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(r.object_id) + '.' + r.name AS ChildTable
        ,rc.column_id AS ChildColumnId
        ,rc.name AS ChildColumn
        ,1 AS depth
        -- Maintain the full traversal path that has been taken thus far
        -- We use "," to delimit each table, and each entry then has a
        -- "<object_id>_<parent_column_id>_<child_column_id>" format
        ,   ',' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), p.object_id) + '_NULL_' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), pc.column_id) +
            ',' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), r.object_id) + '_' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), pc.column_id) + '_' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), rc.column_id) AS TraversalPath
    FROM sys.foreign_key_columns fk
    JOIN sys.columns pc ON pc.object_id = fk.parent_object_id AND pc.column_id = fk.parent_column_id 
    JOIN sys.columns rc ON rc.object_id = fk.referenced_object_id AND rc.column_id = fk.referenced_column_id
    JOIN sys.tables p ON p.object_id = fk.parent_object_id
    JOIN sys.tables r ON r.object_id = fk.referenced_object_id
    WHERE fk.parent_object_id = OBJECT_ID(@targetObjectName)
        AND p.object_id <> r.object_id -- Ignore FKs from one column in the table to another

    UNION ALL

    -- Recursive case: Find all outgoing foreign keys for all tables
    -- on the current fringe of the recursion
    SELECT 
        p.object_id AS ParentId
        ,OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(p.object_id) + '.' + p.name AS ParentTable
        ,pc.column_id AS ParentColumnId
        ,pc.name AS ParentColumn
        ,r.object_id AS ChildId
        ,OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(r.object_id) + '.' + r.name AS ChildTable
        ,rc.column_id AS ChildColumnId
        ,rc.name AS ChildColumn
        ,cte.depth + 1 AS depth
        ,cte.TraversalPath + ',' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), r.object_id) + '_' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), pc.column_id) + '_' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), rc.column_id) AS TraversalPath
    FROM parentCTE cte
    JOIN singleColumnFkColumns fk
        ON fk.parent_object_id = cte.ChildId
        -- Optionally consider only a traversal of the same foreign key
        -- With this commented out, we can reach table A via column A1
        -- and leave table A via column A2.  If uncommented, we can only
        -- enter and leave a table via the same column
        --AND fk.parent_column_id = cte.ChildColumnId
    JOIN sys.columns pc ON pc.object_id = fk.parent_object_id AND pc.column_id = fk.parent_column_id 
    JOIN sys.columns rc ON rc.object_id = fk.referenced_object_id AND rc.column_id = fk.referenced_column_id
    JOIN sys.tables p ON p.object_id = fk.parent_object_id
    JOIN sys.tables r ON r.object_id = fk.referenced_object_id
    WHERE p.object_id <> r.object_id -- Ignore FKs from one column in the table to another
        -- If our path has already taken us to this table, avoid the cycle that would be created by returning to the same table
        AND cte.TraversalPath NOT LIKE ('%_' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), r.object_id) + '%')
)
SELECT *
INTO #paths
FROM parentCTE
ORDER BY depth, ParentTable, ChildTable
GO

-- For each distinct table that can be reached by traversing foreign keys,
-- record the shortest path to that table (or one of the shortest paths in
-- case there are multiple paths of the same length)
SELECT *
INTO #shortestPaths
FROM (
    SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY ChildTable ORDER BY depth ASC) AS rankToThisChild
    FROM #paths
) x
WHERE rankToThisChild = 1
ORDER BY ChildTable
GO

-- Traverse the shortest path, starting from the source the full path and working backwards,
-- building up the desired join string as we go
WITH joinCTE AS (
    -- Base case: Start with the from clause to the child table at the end of the traversal
    -- Note that the first step of the recursion will re-process this same row, but adding
    -- the ParentTable => ChildTable join
    SELECT p.ChildTable
        , p.TraversalPath AS ParentTraversalPath
        , NULL AS depth
        , CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), 'FROM ' + p.ChildTable + ' t' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), p.depth+1)) AS JoinString
    FROM #shortestPaths p

    UNION ALL

    -- Recursive case: Process the ParentTable => ChildTable join, then recurse to the
    -- previous table in the full traversal.  We'll end once we reach the root and the
    -- "ParentTraversalPath" is the empty string
    SELECT cte.ChildTable
        , REPLACE(p.TraversalPath, ',' + CONVERT(VARCHAR, p.ChildId) + '_' + CONVERT(VARCHAR, p.ParentColumnId)+ '_' + CONVERT(VARCHAR, p.ChildColumnId), '') AS TraversalPath
        , p.depth
        , cte.JoinString + '
' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), 'JOIN ' + p.ParentTable + ' t' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), p.depth) + ' ON t' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), p.depth) + '.' + p.ParentColumn + ' = t' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), p.depth+1) + '.' + p.ChildColumn) AS JoinString
    FROM joinCTE cte
    JOIN #paths p
        ON p.TraversalPath = cte.ParentTraversalPath
)
-- Select only the fully built strings that end at the root of the traversal
-- (which should always be the specific table name, e.g. "TargetTable")
SELECT ChildTable, 'SELECT TOP 100 * 
' +JoinString
FROM joinCTE
WHERE depth = 1
ORDER BY ChildTable
GO

Puede poner la lista de claves de una tabla con dos campos TAB_NAME, KEY_NAME para todas las tablas que desea conectar.

Ejemplo, para mesa City

• Ciudad | Ciudad_nombre
• Ciudad | Nombre_País
• Ciudad | Provincia_nombre
• City | City_Code

igualmente Provincey Country.

Recopile los datos para las tablas y póngalos en una sola tabla (por ejemplo, tabla de metadatos)

Ahora redacte la consulta como a continuación

select * from
(Select Table_name,Key_name from Meta_Data 
where Table_name in ('City','Province','Country')) A,
(Select Table_name,Key_name from Meta_Data 
where Table_name in ('City','Province','Country')) B,
(Select Table_name,Key_name from Meta_Data 
where Table_name in ('City','Province','Country')) C

where

A.Table_Name <> B.Table_name and
B.Table_name <> C.Table_name and
C.Table_name <> A.Table_name and
A.Column_name = B.Column_name and
B.Column_name = C.Column_name

Esto le mostrará cómo puede vincular las tablas en función de las claves coincidentes (los mismos nombres de clave)

Si cree que el nombre de las claves puede no coincidir, puede incluir un campo de clave alternativo e intentar usarlo en la condición where.