Sqlite 3.6.19 and later have RI,
http://www.sqlite.org/foreignkeys.html .

Jared

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Karwin [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: 29 March 2010 17:03
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [fw-general] recurse on cascade delete
> 
> I regret implementing the cascading delete in Zend_Db_Table 
> even for one level.  It was hard to do, required a lot of 
> code, and still doesn't work.  Even fixing ZF-1103 won't be 
> enough.  It's not possible to ensure data consistency when 
> cascading operations are implemented in PHP code.
> 
> You should implement cascading delete or cascading update by 
> defining  
> SQL constraints in your database.   I know there are a couple of  
> technologies that don't support RI constraints (MyISAM, 
> SQLite).  If you need cascading delete or update, you should 
> define triggers in the database, or else change to some other 
> storage engine.
> 
> Regards,
> Bill Karwin
> 
> On Mar 29, 2010, at 3:54 AM, Guillaume ORIOL wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was working on an application that uses cascade delete and 
> > discovered a bug that was already known and reported.
> >
> > I was wondering why the corresponding issue
> > http://zendframework.com/issues/browse/ZF-1103
> > had not been closed and included in a previous ZF release, 
> as a patch 
> > was provided and no new activity was recorded on the ticket since 
> > january the 2nd.
> >
> > The lack of a consistent ON DELETE mechanism is rather awkward.
> >
> > Best regards
> > --
> > Guillaume ORIOL
> > Software engineer
> > Technema
> 

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