Delete - referential integrity, Database Management System

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During the deletion of a tuple two cases can happen:

Deletion of tuple in relation having the foreign key: In this type of case simply delete the desired tuple. For example, in ASSIGNMENT relation we can simply delete the first tuple.

Deletion of the target of a foreign key reference: For instance, an attempt to delete an employee tuple in EMPLOYEE relation whose EMPID is 101. This employee shown not only in the EMPLOYEE but also in the ASSIGNMENT relation. Can these tuple be deleted? If we delete the tuple in EMPLOYEE relation then two unequalled tuples are left in the ASSIGNMENT relation, therefore causing violation of referential integrity constraint. Therefore, the following two choices be for such deletion:

RESTRICT - The delete operation is "restricted" to only the situation where there are no such matching tuples.    For instance, we can delete the EMPLOYEE record of EMPID 103 as there is no matching tuple in ASSIGNMENT but not the record of EMPID 101.

CASCADE - The delete operation "cascades" to delete also those matching tuple. For  instance,  if  the  delete  mode  is  CASCADE  then  deleting  employee  having

EMPID as 101 from EMPLOYEE relation will also make deletion of 2 more tuples from ASSIGNMENT relation.


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