| Goal | This query identifies all foreign key constraints that use ON DELETE CASCADE for the purpose of a design audit. The results must be manually reviewed to verify that each use case correctly implements a specific conceptual relationship. According to design principles, ON DELETE CASCADE is only appropriate for implementing generalization hierarchies (is-a relationships), compositions (strong ownership), or the existential dependency of a non-main entity on a main entity. Any usage outside of these patterns is considered a potential design flaw. |
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| Type | General Overview of some aspect of the database. |
| License | MIT (opens in new tab) |
| Data Source | system catalog only |
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Collections
This query belongs to the following collections:
Find problems by overview
Queries that results point to different aspects of database that might have problems. A human reviewer has to decide based on the results as to whether there are problems or not .
| Name | Description |
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| Find problems by overview | Queries that results point to different aspects of database that might have problems. A human reviewer has to decide based on the results as to whether there are problems or not . |
Categories
This query is classified under the following categories:
Comfortability of data management
Queries of this category provide information about the means that have been used to make the use or management of database more comfortable and thus, more efficient.
Compensating actions
Queries of this category provide information about compensating actions of foreign key constraints.
Relationships between tables
Queries of this category provide information about how database tables are connected to each other and whether such connections have been explicitly defined and whether it has been done correctly.
| Name | Description |
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| Comfortability of data management | Queries of this category provide information about the means that have been used to make the use or management of database more comfortable and thus, more efficient. |
| Compensating actions | Queries of this category provide information about compensating actions of foreign key constraints. |
| Relationships between tables | Queries of this category provide information about how database tables are connected to each other and whether such connections have been explicitly defined and whether it has been done correctly. |