Delete master record without deleting corresponding details

Hi all,
If we have a master-detail relation and we delete the master record, the “Implement cascade delete” flag can be selected to delete the detail records also.
Now, what if I don’t want to delete the detail records, but instead set the corresponding attribute (that points to the master) in this record to null.
For ex when deleting a department record, I need to set the “dpartmentId” field of all the corresponding employee records to null instead of deleting these records.
Is there a configuration that can be made to tell ADF automatically do this?
Thank you.

No, adf doesn't have such a mechanism. You can program it yourself by unsetting the cascade delete flag and before removing the master iterate over the child records and set the fk value to null.
Our you do this in the db using a trigger. In this case you have to refresh the child vo too.
Timo

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