[DBIx-Class-Devel] Re: [dbix-class] cascaded delete must delete relationships first (#27)

[Peter Rabbitson]

This behavior has been there from the start by design, and at this point it is unrealistic to change: 
https://metacpan.org/source/RIBASUSHI/DBIx-Class-0.08250/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/Base.pm#L336

To answer your other (rather valid question) "If you are expecting the DB to to cascade, the why attempt manually with cascade deletes ?". At the time CDBI/DBIC were written (close to a decade ago), there was a lot less access to reliable foreign constraints. As such the ability to "post-cleanup" was seen as a much needed feature, and was therefore enabled by default.

The only thing I can offer you at this point is to aid in an effort of deprecating having any DBIC-side cascades by default. The patch attached to this pullreq can not be accepted though - it breaks years of expected behavior and is therefore a non-negotiable "can't do". I am therefore closing this pullreq.

Cheers



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