deleting the node, and child nodes/leafs for a db/tbl..

[bruce]

Hi.

I've got a situation where I have a couple of tables. The relationship
between the tables is one of parent/child. I'm trying to figure out the best
approach to being able to delete the associated children in the child tbls,
of a given parentID in the parentTBL...

I've checked into various sites/articles on the 'net.. but i'm not sure how
to accomplish this without getting into recursion...

I'm using python/php as the interface language to the test tbls..

Any pointers/articles/test code (code/schema) would be helpful...

Thanks