Rails - Mar 2007 - :dependent => :destroy vs ON DELETE CASCADE

Sorry if I missed this in the docs somewhere.

My guess is that if I use :dependent => :destroy, then the application 
sends commands to the db to destroy the dependent records.

If I am using a database that supports FKs and ON DELETE CASCADE, then 
is there any point in using :dependent => :destroy ?

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Hi Rick,

Rick Schumeyer wrote:
> If I am using a database that supports FKs and
> ON DELETE CASCADE, then is there any point
> in using :dependent => :destroy ?
I think the point is in being able to keep that logic in the application 
itself, rather than having to go to two seperate code bases to find out what 
the result of an Object.destroy will be.

Just my $.02

Best regards,
Bill 



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