>>Are you sure? You mean if I have a foreign key relationship defined, I have to delete the child records before you delete the parent record. Mabey Im just reading this wrong...
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>Yes. The FK constraint will throw an exception if you try to remove the parent and children exist, if cascading deletes are not enabled. Also, an exception will be thrown if you try to use a parent ID in the child row that doesn't exist.
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>-Mike

You were right on both counts in regards to when errors are generated. I was under the same impression as Bob Archer, but it appears that you can only develop orpans/widows when there is no FK at all. Thanks again, Mike!