Re: Cascade DELETE

Grue <grue_at_hotmail.com> wrote in article <34d0c242.12232521_at_128.158.254.10>...
> Uhhh...I think you answered your own question. When you create the
> foreign key between the tables, specify ON CASCADE DELETE. Then, when
> you delete a record from the parent table, the child records will also
> be deleted.
>
> On 29 Jan 98 17:42:55 GMT, "miguel" <jmiguel_at_cet.pt> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >Tables EMP(DEPTNO,DNAME) and DEPT(DEPTNO,ENAME) with the column
 EMP.DEPTNO
> >referencing DEPT.DEPTNO.
> >
> >Is it possible, in one SQL statment, to delete rows from the child table
> >when i delete the referenced row in the parent table? I´m searching an
> >alternative to triggers.Which is the best choice?
> >
> >Thanks
> >Miguel
>
>

Thank's, for the answer. But it is possible to UPDATE? Received on Fri Jan 30 1998 - 00:00:00 CST