Enable/disable foreign key constraints

This script allows you to enable all foreign key constraints. Also, if you replace the keyword "enable" with DISABLE it will disable all the foreign key constraints. It has been tested in Oracle 8.1.7 and Oracle 9i.

set linesize 200
 set serveroutput on SIZE 1000000
 DECLARE
 CURSOR CUR_CONSTRAINTS
 IS
  SELECT
  TABLE_NAME,
  CONSTRAINT_NAME
  FROM user_constraints
  WHERE constraint_type in ('R', 'C')
  ORDER BY constraint_type DESC;
 BEGIN
 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Enabling Foreign Key Constraints');
 FOR REC_CONSTRAINTS IN  CUR_CONSTRAINTS LOOP
 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('alter table '||REC_CONSTRAINTS.table_name||' 
    ENABLE constraint '||REC_CONSTRAINTS.constraint_name||';');
 EXECUTE IMMEDIATE('alter table '||REC_CONSTRAINTS.table_name||' 
    ENABLE constraint '||REC_CONSTRAINTS.constraint_name);
 END LOOP;
 END;
 /

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