use of on delete cascade in sql code example
Example 1: sql cascade delete sql
ALTER TABLE dbo.T2
DROP CONSTRAINT FK_T1_T2 -- or whatever it's called
ALTER TABLE dbo.T2
ADD CONSTRAINT FK_T1_T2_Cascade
FOREIGN KEY (EmployeeID) REFERENCES dbo.T1(EmployeeID) 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 } ]
);