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Stop automatically deleting orphans for optional relationships with cascade delete configured #27217

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ajcvickers opened this issue Jan 19, 2022 · 2 comments · Fixed by #27557
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Stop automatically deleting orphans for optional relationships with cascade delete configured #27217

ajcvickers opened this issue Jan 19, 2022 · 2 comments · Fixed by #27557
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See #27174

Cascade delete is typically used with required relationships, where a dependent cannot exist in the database without a principal. In this case, delete orphans behavior makes sense. However, if cascade delete is used with optional relationships, then the dependent can still exist without the principal, which means it probably doesn't make sense to delete orphans automatically.
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Fixes #27217
Fixes #27218

The 5.0/6.0 behavior here is:
- Orphans are deleted if the relationship is severed by navigation property
- Orphans are not deleted if the relationship is severed by setting the FK to null

This change means orphans are not deleted in either case. The change that causes this to happen is to not set a conceptual null for a nullable FK property. Deletion can still be forced by explicitly forcing a conceptual null or just by setting the dependent state explicitly to Deleted.
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stevendarby commented Dec 7, 2022 •
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Hi @ajcvickers I've tried reading this over a few times and feel I'm missing something. Are you saying that if the relationship is optional and cascade delete has been configured, it will no longer cascade the delete? Why would it not respect the delete behaviour configured for the relationship? Sorry if I've misunderstood.
Sorry, this finally clicked just after I posted. I think this is about when the relationship is severed, not when the principal is deleted.

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Please take a look at issue #33610
That change is causing strange behaviour for simple updates and there should be an option to change default behaviour like it was in EF Core 6.0

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