>>>Hi,
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>>>What is a better practice when deleting a record in a table (that has FKs), in code (VFP code) or with a trigger in SQL Server?
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>>>TIA.
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>>In SSMS you can set relations to CASCADE deletes on FK records. I prefer that although I'm sure there are circumstances where that would be a bad thing.
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>I did try to use CASCADE delete on FK but had a problem where SQL would not allow me to. I don't know if you remember that I had this issue that SQL refers to as "cause cycles or multiple cascade parts." So I had to remove all of my CASCADE delete. So now what remains is to either do it in code from VFP or in INSTEAD OF DELETE trigger. I am leaning towards the trigger since if I ever change my app to another platform (e.g. ASP.NET), the delete will be taken care of. But I wanted to hear what gurus have to say.
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>Thank you.

In this case the trigger should do.