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Cascade on delete not cascading with EF

I have a simple sqlite database with two tables. When I manually delete (using SQLite Expert)an entry in table DataSets, the coresponding entry in OneD is deleted as expected. When I delete an entry in DataSets from Entity Framework it does not cause the coresponsing entry in One D to be deleted. There is no error generated.

Any idea why?

Regards

Here is the database definition:

CREATE TABLE [DataSets] (
  [DataSetId] INTEGER NOT NULL ON CONFLICT FAIL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, 
  [Description] TEXT(128));

CREATE TABLE [OneD] (
  [OneDId] INTEGER NOT NULL ON CONFLICT FAIL PRIMARY KEY ON CONFLICT ABORT AUTOINCREMENT, 
  [DataSetId] INTEGER NOT NULL ON CONFLICT FAIL UNIQUE ON CONFLICT ABORT REFERENCES [DataSets]([DataSetId]) ON DELETE CASCADE, 
  [StockSheetLength] INTEGER NOT NULL ON CONFLICT FAIL);

Here is how I delete the entry from EF

        var dataSets = from ds in context.DataSets select ds;
        foreach (var ds in dataSets)
            context.DataSets.DeleteObject(ds);

        context.SaveChanges();
        return true;
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Howard May Avatar asked Nov 29 '22 16:11

Howard May


2 Answers

The problem can be solved by enabling foreign keys in the connection string:

data source=mydb.db;foreign keys=true
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erikH Avatar answered Dec 04 '22 15:12

erikH


here's my solution to that problem:

db.Connection.StateChange += ConnectionStateChange;

void ConnectionStateChange(object sender, System.Data.StateChangeEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.CurrentState == System.Data.ConnectionState.Open) 
         db.ExecuteStoreCommand("PRAGMA foreign_keys = true;");            
}
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devbreeze Avatar answered Dec 04 '22 14:12

devbreeze