ReferentialAction Enum

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations

Assembly:

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational.dll

Package:

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational v8.0.0

The action that a database may take when handling a foreign key constraint as part of an update or delete.

public enum ReferentialAction

type ReferentialAction = 

Public Enum ReferentialAction

Inheritance

Enum

ReferentialAction

Fields

Name	Value	Description
NoAction	0	Do nothing. That is, just ignore the constraint.
Restrict	1	Don't perform the action if it would result in a constraint violation and instead generate an error.
Cascade	2	Cascade the action to the constrained rows.
SetNull	3	Set null on the constrained rows so that the constraint is not violated after the action completes.
SetDefault	4	Set a default value on the constrained rows so that the constraint is not violated after the action completes.

Remarks

Note that some database engines do not support or correctly honor every action.