Demo preparation - Removing unwanted Schema's from AdventureWorks

Those of us who's roles require them to conduct demonstrations and presentations of SQL Server regularly will be familiar with the AdventureWorks databases. I must admit this has been my go to demo database for a while now. However some times the whole schema is just too much and all I really want is a subset of the schema for a demonstration.

The problem is because of the number of Constraints, Foreign Keys, and Views in the AdventureWorks schema this is no simple task (as it shouldn't be). I was faced with this issue today and so have created the following statements to help with generating the drop statements. These are based on the schema's that the objects belong to. For my needs I only wanted the HumanResources and Person schemas.

Important... backup first if you care about your data and..... DO NOT DO THIS IN PRODUCTION.....

--Constraints
SELECT sys.schemas.name as 'Schema'
 , sys.tables.name as 'Table'
 , sys.check_constraints.name as 'Constraint'
 , 'ALTER TABLE [' + sys.schemas.name + '].[' + sys.tables.name + '] DROP CONSTRAINT [' + sys.check_constraints.name + ']' AS 'Drop Stmt'
FROM sys.check_constraints
INNER JOIN sys.tables ON sys.tables.object_id = sys.check_constraints.parent_object_id
INNER JOIN sys.schemas ON sys.schemas.schema_id = sys.tables.schema_id
 AND sys.schemas.name <> 'HumanResources'
 AND sys.schemas.name <> 'Person'

 
--Foreign Keys
SELECT sys.schemas.name as 'Schema'
 , sys.tables.name as 'Table'
 , sys.foreign_keys.name as 'ForeignKey'
 , 'ALTER TABLE [' + sys.schemas.name + '].[' + sys.tables.name + '] DROP CONSTRAINT [' + sys.foreign_keys.name + ']' AS 'Drop Stmt'
FROM sys.foreign_keys
INNER JOIN sys.tables ON sys.tables.object_id = sys.foreign_keys.parent_object_id
INNER JOIN sys.schemas ON sys.schemas.schema_id = sys.tables.schema_id
 AND sys.schemas.name <> 'HumanResources'
 AND sys.schemas.name <> 'Person'


--Views
SELECT sys.schemas.name as 'Schema'
 , sys.views.name as 'View'
 , 'DROP VIEW [' + sys.schemas.name + '].[' + sys.views.name + ']' AS 'Drop Stmt'
FROM sys.views
INNER JOIN sys.schemas ON sys.schemas.schema_id = sys.views.schema_id
 AND sys.schemas.name <> 'HumanResources'
 AND sys.schemas.name <> 'Person'


--Tables
SELECT sys.schemas.name as 'Schema'
 , sys.tables.name as 'Table'
 , 'DROP TABLE ' + sys.schemas.name + '.' + sys.tables.name  AS 'Drop Stmt'
FROM sys.tables 
INNER JOIN sys.schemas ON sys.schemas.schema_id = sys.tables.schema_id
 AND sys.schemas.name <> 'HumanResources'
 AND sys.schemas.name <> 'Person'
ORDER BY sys.schemas.name, sys.tables.name 

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