[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Error deleting agents

[Blake Carver]

We've seen that happen when a user is also an agent.  Probably there's an agent (person) record linked to that user account so the account cannot be deleted. You can delete the agent record first, then the user -- that should work. Careful, sometimes you need that agent record. In that case I'd suggest disabling the account by resetting the password to something long and random so the account cannot be used (and perhaps add "DISABLED" to "Additional Contact Information" as a note).
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From: archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of Clayton Joseph Ruminski <crumins at clemson.edu>
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Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Error deleting agents


Hello,



We are doing some data cleanup in ASpace, and one agent in particular is giving me the following error when trying to delete it:



Record deletion failed: Java::ComMysqlJdbcExceptionsJdbc4::MySQLIntegrityConstraintViolationException: Cannot delete or update a parent row: a foreign key constraint fails (`archivesspace`.`user`, CONSTRAINT `user_ibfk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`agent_record_id`) REFERENCES `agent_person` (`id`))



I looked on the user group archives but was unable to find an answer. The agent looks to have been autogenerated at some point and is not linked to any records.



Thanks!



Clayton Ruminski CLEMSON UNIVERSITY



Digital and Preservation Archivist

Special Collections and Archives

Clemson University Libraries

crumins at clemson.edu<mailto:crumins at clemson.edu>

864-656-0234


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