Assuming you have foreign keys that point to your child records, are these columns indexed ?
Just my 2cents
Stefan
Hi, In one of my programs : I am doing a lot of deletes for one key existing in many tables. I have to visit each table and delete the row for the key. This process is real slow. Are there any parameters or settings to set , init or otherwise to make delete faster. Or any other guideline? The version is 8.1.7. Thanks
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