marlon.seton (3/21/2013)
Hi Hugo,Thanks for your reply.
By 'why bother' I guess you're meaning why bother using triggers instead of cascade delete? Because the 4GL in which we write the application can't handle FK constraints (and please don't ask why we use such a 4GL, that's a whole other bag of hurt).
I guess if you are in a situation where you can't use foreign keys, which is what you appear to be saying, the question of using cascade doesn't arise at all - even I, an ardent supporter of cascade, wouldn't dream of suggesting you use cascade in that case; unlike many, I refuse to belive in or advocate impossible things (not even before breakfast).
edit: typing!!
Tom