"cascade delete" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": ": cascade delete <→ δείτε τις λέξεις cascade και delete",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cascade delete"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "delete constraint"
    },
    {
      "word": "check constraint"
    },
    {
      "word": "update constraint"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Βάσεις δεδομένων (αγγλικά)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A foreign key with cascade delete can be created using either a CREATE TABLE statement or an ALTER TABLE statement."
        },
        {
          "text": "if you delete the primary key constraint from a table (the parent table) that is referenced in a foreign key constraint in another table (the child table), then the foreign key constraint in the child table is also deleted through a cascading delete mechanism."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        ", (relational database) η διαδοχική διαγραφή"
      ],
      "id": "el-cascade_delete-en-noun-uRJXK94J",
      "raw_tags": [
        "βάσεις δεδομένων"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cascade delete"
}

{
  "etymology_text": ": cascade delete <→ δείτε τις λέξεις cascade και delete",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cascade delete"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "delete constraint"
    },
    {
      "word": "check constraint"
    },
    {
      "word": "update constraint"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Βάσεις δεδομένων (αγγλικά)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A foreign key with cascade delete can be created using either a CREATE TABLE statement or an ALTER TABLE statement."
        },
        {
          "text": "if you delete the primary key constraint from a table (the parent table) that is referenced in a foreign key constraint in another table (the child table), then the foreign key constraint in the child table is also deleted through a cascading delete mechanism."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        ", (relational database) η διαδοχική διαγραφή"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "βάσεις δεδομένων"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cascade delete"
}