摘要 |
The present invention is directed to a method and system for deleting data in a database The method and system is configurable, extensible and adaptable to the changing structure of a database to provide a desired deletion. The method and system includes storing at least one criteria for specifying data to be deleted, accessing the at least one criteria, and identifying tables in a family of tables referencing data associated with the one criteria, wherein each table is associated with at least one delete rule. The method and system further includes performing a delete function on the data associated with the one criteria in the tables according to the at least one delete rule associated with each table.
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