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T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references

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T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references. The script has been made smart enough to use TRUNCATE wherever there is no foreign key reference and to use DELETE wherever there is foreign key reference.

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2019-12-10

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