>Hi,
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>When creating a FOREIGN KEY constraint in SSMS I get message that:
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>…. may cause cycles or multiple cascade paths. Specify ON DELETE NO ACTION or ON UPDATE NO ACTION,
>or modify other FOREIGN KEY constraints.
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>If I understand correctly the problem is that the table where I am attempting to set a Foreign key constraint has a dependency on some other table that creates a conflict. My tables have many links. So my question is, how can I find out which table has a link to this table that I need to change? How do I find out?
>Thank you for any other suggestions.
Can you find a key which is in turn a foreign key in another table? I think this message tells that you have a chained relationship and setting CASCADE option may be problematic.
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