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Cascading delete in Entity Framework


So I have two tables, Invoices and InvoiceItems. When I delete an Invoice, I'd like all the related InvoiceItems to be deleted as well.

I updated the relationship in SQL Server to do a cascading delete when I delete an Invoice. Entity Framework didn't recognize that change, however, but I've read that I need to manually update my EDMX to do the cascading delete.

Well in the design view of my EDMX, I clicked on the relationship between the two tables, and checked the properties to try and set my cascading delete

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As you can see, there are two OnDelete properties: End1 OnDelete and End2 OnDelete

Which one do I need to set to Cascade?


Solution

  • If End1 is the principal of the relationship (I.e your invoice which has invoice items) then it makes sense for it to cascade deletes.