You will find the syntax in the FK, not the PK. That's because you might want different results if you had more than one "child" table. >What is the proper syntax to modify the PK so that it >will delete records in the child table when I purge >records from the parent table? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------