>>Hi everybody,
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>>I'm thinking, should I use the built-in RI Builder for a simple application or should I try to enforce RI rules from the interface?
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>>I have the following tables in a database:
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>>Tickets, Problems, Resolutions, ProblemResolution, Software, Hardware, Other.
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>>Tickets may have pointers to all of these tables. I allow to Delete Problems and Resolutions in the interface, I also allow to make inactive Software/Hardware/Other.
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>>What would be the best course of action for me to proceed in enforcing some integrity rules?
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>>What do you suggest?
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>>Thanks a lot in advance.
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>I would enforce it on interface level. This is not a financial data after all.

Ok, after playing with RI builder and getting some weird errors I went with the simple interface solution for now and display a message right away. I added a method to our base form class called OkToDelete, so I can always display a message right at the time of the deletion, not at the Save time.