delete some of the records from department table with cascade option code example
Example 1: on delete of foreign key delete corresponding rows in other table
ALTER TABLE ReferencingTable DROP
CONSTRAINT fk__ReferencingTable__MainTable;
ALTER TABLE ReferencingTable ADD
CONSTRAINT fk__ReferencingTable__MainTable
FOREIGN KEY (pk_col_1)
REFERENCES MainTable (pk_col_1)
ON DELETE CASCADE;
Example 2: 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 } ]
);