Oracle Database - Cascade

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Update a record in the primary key

how can I update a record in the primary key field which behaves as a foreign key to other tables without altering (disabling) the primary/foreign constraint?

If you create the foreign keys “deferrable”, you can

set constraints deferred;
update parent_table;
update child_table(s);
commit;

and the constraint will be verified at the commit instead of at the statement level, allowing you to “cascade” the update yourself.

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