Basta con tener la opción ON DELETE CASCADE. Echa un vistazo a este ejemplo:
Crear y llenar tablas:
CREATE TABLE molecule (
id INT(11) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
)
ENGINE = INNODB;
CREATE TABLE descriptor (
id INT(11) NOT NULL,
molecule_id INT(11) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id),
CONSTRAINT FK_descriptor_molecule_id FOREIGN KEY (molecule_id)
REFERENCES molecule(id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE RESTRICT
)
ENGINE = INNODB;
CREATE TABLE tdepdescriptor (
id INT(11) NOT NULL,
descriptor_id INT(11) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id),
CONSTRAINT FK_tdepdescriptor_descriptor_id FOREIGN KEY (descriptor_id)
REFERENCES descriptor(id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE RESTRICT
)
ENGINE = INNODB;
INSERT INTO molecule VALUES
(1),
(2),
(3);
INSERT INTO descriptor VALUES
(1, 1),
(2, 1),
(3, 2);
INSERT INTO tdepdescriptor VALUES
(1, 1),
(2, 2),
(3, 3);
Eliminar una molécula y todo su descriptor y todo su tdepdescriptor:
DELETE FROM molecule WHERE id = 1;
SELECT * FROM molecule;
+----+
| id |
+----+
| 2 |
| 3 |
+----+
SELECT * FROM descriptor;
+----+-------------+
| id | molecule_id |
+----+-------------+
| 3 | 2 |
+----+-------------+
SELECT * FROM tdepdescriptor;
+----+---------------+
| id | descriptor_id |
+----+---------------+
| 3 | 3 |
+----+---------------+