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How to: Delete Relationships

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Delete a relationship when you no longer want to relate columns in two related tables. When you redesign tables, it is often necessary to delete relationships and then recreate them after your new design is complete.

Note

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To delete a relationship

  1. In Server Explorer, select the table involved in the relationship, and from the Database menu click Open Table Definition.

    The table opens in Table Designer.

  2. From the Table Designer menu, click Relationships.

  3. In the Foreign Key Relationships dialog box, select the relationship in the Selected Relationship list.

  4. Click the Delete button.

    Note

    When you delete a relationship, the relationship is deleted from the database when you save the table.

See Also

Reference

Foreign Key Relationships Dialog Box

Other Resources

Working with Relationships