Question on OUTPUT feature of DML

I need to audit inserts/updates/deletes on active tables to audit tables on a set of tables that have foreign key constaints with the update cascade and delete cascade defined. I can explicitly code the delete/update on the parent table to perform an OUTPUT to an audit table, but how do I OUTPUT the cascaded delete/update that happens on the child table because of the FK constraint with delete cascade defined without having to resort to triggers.

Thanks,

-chiraj

You might want to check into the use of DML triggers for this kind of issue, but this is not something that I have used much.

Dave

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Thanks for the response.

Using DML triggers is a no-brainer. I have used them all my life. I was wondering if it could be accomplished with the OUTPUT clause. I believe it is a limitation of the OUTPUT clause unless someone can show me otherwise.

Thanks,

-chiraj.