ForeignKey.DeleteAction Property

Gets or sets the action taken when the row that is referenced by the foreign key is deleted.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None Or SfcPropertyFlags.ReadOnlyAfterCreation Or SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone Or SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase Or SfcPropertyFlags.Design)> _
Public Property DeleteAction As ForeignKeyAction 
    Get 
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As ForeignKey 
Dim value As ForeignKeyAction 

value = instance.DeleteAction

instance.DeleteAction = value
[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.ReadOnlyAfterCreation|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase|SfcPropertyFlags.Design)]
public ForeignKeyAction DeleteAction { get; set; }
[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::None|SfcPropertyFlags::ReadOnlyAfterCreation|SfcPropertyFlags::Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags::SqlAzureDatabase|SfcPropertyFlags::Design)]
public:
property ForeignKeyAction DeleteAction {
    ForeignKeyAction get ();
    void set (ForeignKeyAction value);
}
[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.ReadOnlyAfterCreation|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase|SfcPropertyFlags.Design)>]
member DeleteAction : ForeignKeyAction with get, set
function get DeleteAction () : ForeignKeyAction 
function set DeleteAction (value : ForeignKeyAction)

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ForeignKeyAction
A ForeignKeyAction value that specifies the action taken when the row that is referenced by the foreign key is deleted.

Remarks

The DeleteAction property can be used to specify that the action is cascaded. This means that the foreign key row is also deleted. You can also set the foreign key to the default value, or set it to Null.

Examples

Creating, Altering, and Removing Foreign Keys

See Also

Reference

ForeignKey Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Creating and Modifying FOREIGN KEY Constraints

CREATE TABLE (Transact-SQL)