I can't say I've had the issue you're describing, but I don't have much information to work with. Could you post more of those class definitions and the code involving the delete method? I'm sure that would help the other monks and I to analyze your problem.

Update: One of CDBI's badly-documented areas is using the has_many method. If you use two parameters, it assumes the field in the right-hand side of the relationship is the class name of the left-hand side. Thus: 

# concise class definitions
FooBar->table('foobar');
FooBar->has_many(frobs => "Quux");
Quux->table('quux')

#and a method on this FooBar instance...
$wham->frobs
#makes the (oversimplified SQL query)
#  SELECT * FROM quux WHERE FooBar = $wham

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If the field name in the RHS is different from the class name of the LHS, you need to use three parameters, the third defining the RHS field name. 
FooBar->has_many(frobs => "Quux", 'foobar_id');

$wham->frobs
# makes the (oversimplified SQL query)
#  SELECT * FROM quux WHERE foobar_id = $wham

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It appears you want to use this second form for your table structure. You did some of the time, but not others, so maybe it's just a mis-copy.

mhoward - at - hattmoward.org

In reply to Re: Class::DBI cascading delete problem? by meredith
in thread Class::DBI cascading delete problem? by zigdon

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