Delete data with foreign key in SQL Server table

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Published on 2011-11-24T01:10:40Z Indexed on 2011/11/24 1:51 UTC
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I'm going to delete data in an SQL Server table (parent) which has a relationship with another table (child).
I tried the basic Delete query. But it isn't working (and I know it won't).

DELETE FROM table WHERE ...

It returned following error

The DELETE statement conflicted with the REFERENCE constraint ...

I need to keep the table's schema. I know that I just need to add some words in the query, I've ever done this before, but I just couldn't recall it.

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