I'm using Delphi 10 with Firedac , I have with two tables in a Master-Detail configuration , A(Document) and B(DocDetail) . In my Form I have two DBgrids, linked to each Datasource respectively. I want a configuration, if possible, that delete all records items in table DocDetail when I delete its corresponding Master record in the master DBgrid. Is there any configuration in the table FDTable component that does such action ? Or there any other way to do delete master - delete detail in Delphi side ? (I know that it is possible to do it in database side through a constraint delete cascade). Thanks for your help.
The properties you are looking for on the TFDQuery component are FetchOptions.DetailCascade and/or FetchOptions.DetailServerCascade
From the help on DetailServerCascade
When DetailServerCascade is False, then FireDAC posts client-side cascading changes to the database. The client-side cascading changes are performed when DetailCascade is True. So DetailServerCascade should be used together with DetailCascade.
If you are using CachedUpdates you may also need a TFDSchemaAdapter component. This CentralizedCachedUpdates Sample page list all of the steps need to setup the components when using cached updates.
I am using this on one form with good results. It was a little bit picky to get it all setup correctly. Basically every DataSet involved in the update needs to point to one common TFDSchemaAdapter component. Then any Master datasets need to have their FetchOptions.DetailCascade set to true to ensure that the rows are correctly deleted from the child datasets