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CREATE TABLE [dbo].[ix_Trace](
[Trace_Id] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL,
[Trace_BubbledTraceEnter_Id] [uniqueidentifier] NULL,
[Trace_EnterId] [uniqueidentifier] NULL,
[Trace_Application_Id] [uniqueidentifier] NULL,
[Trace_Session_Id] [uniqueidentifier] NULL,
....

Where Trace_EnterId is the parent ID and BubbledTraceEnter_Id is the child ID. My test case has nested trace lines that go down 5 levels, but when I delete the top trace line, only the child directly under it is deleted leaving the other 3 as orphans. Here's the trigger:

ALTER TRIGGER [dbo].[DTrig_xTrace]
ON [dbo].[ix_Trace]
FOR Delete
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DELETE FROM ix_Trace
FROM ix_Trace INNER JOIN
deleted as dt ON ix_Trace.Trace_BubbledTraceEnter_Id = dt.Trace_EnterId

How can I make this cascade all the way down?

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Each subtask will haven a row.

I need to write a trigger when I delete a task it needs to delete all the subtasks relating to it. When I delete a section it needs to delete all the tasks and subasks relating to it. similarly for project.
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"Maximum stored procedure, function, trigger, or view nesting level exceeded (limit 32)" ..

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Next to this, I created two triggers that should handle inserting/deleting rows in UserRights table as consequence of inserting/deleting rows in Users table:

CREATE TRIGGER InsertUserRights ON Users
FOR INSERT
AS
BEGIN
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END

CREATE TRIGGER DeleteUserRights ON Users
FOR DELETE
AS
BEGIN
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(SELECT FS_Username FROM Users)
END

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Insert Into Users (FS_Username, FS_Password) VALUES ('John', 's')

Delete from Users

... first command will succede, but second one will fail with message:

DELETE statement conflicted with COLUMN REFERENCE constraint 'FK_UserRights_Users'. The conflict occurred in database 'Office', table 'UserRights', column 'FS_Username'.
The statement has been terminated.

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