这应该没有问题。考虑以下示例：

CREATE TABLE table2 (
   id int PRIMARY KEY,
   name varchar(20)
) ENGINE=INNODB;

CREATE TABLE table1 (
   id int PRIMARY KEY, 
   t2_id int, 
   FOREIGN KEY (t2_id) REFERENCES table2 (id)
) ENGINE=INNODB;

INSERT INTO table2 VALUES (1, 'First Row');
INSERT INTO table2 VALUES (2, 'Second Row');

INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (1, 1);
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (2, 1);
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (3, 1);
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (4, 2);

这些表现在包含：

SELECT * FROM table1;
+----+-------+
| id | t2_id |
+----+-------+
|  1 |     1 |
|  2 |     1 |
|  3 |     1 |
|  4 |     2 |
+----+-------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT * FROM table2;
+----+------------+
| id | name       |
+----+------------+
|  1 | First Row  |
|  2 | Second Row |
+----+------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

现在我们可以成功删除这样的行：

DELETE FROM table1 WHERE id = 1;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

DELETE FROM table1 WHERE t2_id = 2;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

但是，我们将无法删除以下内容：

DELETE FROM table2 WHERE id = 1;
ERROR 1451 (23000): A foreign key constraint fails

如果我们table1使用CASCADE选项定义了外键，那么我们将能够删除父项，并且所有子项都将被自动删除：

CREATE TABLE table2 (
   id int PRIMARY KEY,
   name varchar(20)
) ENGINE=INNODB;

CREATE TABLE table1 (
   id int PRIMARY KEY, 
   t2_id int, 
   FOREIGN KEY (t2_id) REFERENCES table2 (id) ON DELETE CASCADE
) ENGINE=INNODB;

INSERT INTO table2 VALUES (1, 'First Row');
INSERT INTO table2 VALUES (2, 'Second Row');

INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (1, 1);
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (2, 1);
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (3, 1);
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (4, 2);

如果我们要重复之前失败的操作DELETE，table1则将删除其中的子行以及其中的父行table2：

DELETE FROM table2 WHERE id = 1;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

SELECT * FROM table1;
+----+-------+
| id | t2_id |
+----+-------+
|  4 |     2 |
+----+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT * FROM table2;
+----+------------+
| id | name       |
+----+------------+
|  2 | Second Row |
+----+------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)