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		Semaphor 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Conformance checking at MongoDB: Testing that our ... Cascading deletes are an optional feature in every DB that supports them, aren’t they? I only have DBA-ish experience with SQL Server, but there they are fully opt in.

hobs 8 months ago [–]

Yes, because they are terrible and break replication for cross system repl.

Semaphor 8 months ago | [–]

Yeah, but OP made it seem like they were some kind of mandatory or at least default feature.

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