ON DELETE CASCADE DJANGO code example

Example 1: on_delete options django

There are seven possible actions to take when such event occurs:

CASCADE: When the referenced object is deleted, also delete the objects that have references to it 
  (when you remove a blog post for instance, you might want to delete comments as well). 
  SQL equivalent: CASCADE.
      
PROTECT: Forbid the deletion of the referenced object. 
  To delete it you will have to delete all objects that reference it manually. 
  SQL equivalent: RESTRICT.
    
RESTRICT: (introduced in Django 3.1) Similar behavior as PROTECT that matches SQL's RESTRICT more accurately. (See django documentation example)
SET_NULL: Set the reference to NULL (requires the field to be nullable). 
  For instance, when you delete a User, you might want to keep the comments he posted on blog posts, 
  but say it was posted by an anonymous (or deleted) user. 
  SQL equivalent: SET NULL.
    
SET_DEFAULT: Set the default value. SQL equivalent: SET DEFAULT.
    
SET(...): Set a given value. This one is not part of the SQL standard and is entirely handled by Django.
  
DO_NOTHING: Probably a very bad idea since this would create integrity issues in your database 
  (referencing an object that actually doesn't exist). SQL equivalent: NO ACTION.

Example 2: on_delete=models.cascade

on_delete=models.CASCADE will delete anything created by the admin if
the admin user is deleted.

Example 3: on delete cascade

CREATE TABLE child_table
(
  column1 datatype [ NULL | NOT NULL ],
  column2 datatype [ NULL | NOT NULL ],
  ...

  CONSTRAINT fk_name
    FOREIGN KEY (child_col1, child_col2, ... child_col_n)
    REFERENCES parent_table (parent_col1, parent_col2, ... parent_col_n)
    ON DELETE CASCADE
    [ ON UPDATE { NO ACTION | CASCADE | SET NULL | SET DEFAULT } ] 
);