Delete rows from two tables in one query

Question

I have two tables: orders and orders_items. Both sharing the field orderID.

I want to delete all rows from both tables where orderID=500, but I need to do this in only o

Answer 1

That depends on your database engine, but basically what you need sounds like you want one table referencing the other using a FOREIGN KEY with ON DELETE CASCADE option and then removal from the parent table will automatically remove corresponding rows from dependent tables.