diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/ObjectManager.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/ObjectManager.kt
index 52e7a31..efa4484 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/ObjectManager.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/ObjectManager.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.antlr.v4.runtime.RecognitionException
 import org.sirius.common.type.base.long
 import org.sirius.dorm.query.parser.OQLParser
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component
 import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ class ObjectManager() {
     private lateinit var transactionManager: PlatformTransactionManager
     @Autowired
     lateinit var mapper: DataObjectMapper
+    @Autowired
+    lateinit var jdbcTemplate: JdbcTemplate
 
     @Autowired
     private lateinit var objectDescriptorStorage: ObjectDescriptorStorage
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/object/DataObject.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/object/DataObject.kt
index af368f8..a566f6b 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/object/DataObject.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/object/DataObject.kt
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ class DataObject(val type: ObjectDescriptor, status: Status, var state : ObjectS
         return values[property(name).index] as T
     }
 
+    fun <T: Relation>relation(index: Int) : T {
+        return values[index] as T
+    }
+
     operator fun get(name: String) : Any? {
         return values[property(name).index].get(objectManager)
     }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/persistence/entity/PropertyEntity.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/persistence/entity/PropertyEntity.kt
index 241f63c..2b8fb96 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/persistence/entity/PropertyEntity.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/persistence/entity/PropertyEntity.kt
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ data class PropertyEntity(
     @ManyToMany(fetch = FetchType.LAZY, cascade = [CascadeType.REMOVE])
     @JoinTable(
         name = "RELATIONS",
-        joinColumns = [JoinColumn(name = "FROM_ENTITY"), JoinColumn(name = "FROM_")],
-        inverseJoinColumns = [JoinColumn(name = "TO_ENTITY"), JoinColumn(name = "TO_")]
+        joinColumns = [JoinColumn(name = "FROM_ATTR"), JoinColumn(name = "FROM_ENTITY")],
+        inverseJoinColumns = [JoinColumn(name = "TO_ATTR"), JoinColumn(name = "TO_ENTITY")]
     )
     val targets : MutableSet<PropertyEntity> = HashSet(),
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/transaction/TransactionState.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/transaction/TransactionState.kt
index 1648d11..c583f25 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/transaction/TransactionState.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/sirius/dorm/transaction/TransactionState.kt
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ package org.sirius.dorm.transaction
  * All rights reserved
  */
 
-import org.sirius.dorm.`object`.DataObject
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaDelete
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.Root
 import org.sirius.dorm.ObjectManager
+import org.sirius.dorm.model.Cascade
 import org.sirius.dorm.model.ObjectDescriptor
+import org.sirius.dorm.`object`.DataObject
+import org.sirius.dorm.`object`.Relation
 import org.sirius.dorm.persistence.DataObjectMapper
 import org.sirius.dorm.persistence.entity.EntityEntity
 import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager
@@ -15,6 +20,7 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionDefinition
 import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionStatus
 import org.springframework.transaction.support.DefaultTransactionDefinition
 
+
 abstract class Operation() {
     abstract fun execute()
 }
@@ -47,15 +53,74 @@ class TransactionState(val objectManager: ObjectManager, val transactionManager:
         pendingOperations.clear()
 
     }
+
+    fun processDeletedObjects() {
+        val objects = states.values.filter { state -> state.status == Status.DELETED }
+
+        // this is the set of deleted objects
+
+        val ids = HashSet<Long>()//objects.map { state -> state.obj.id }.toHashSet()
+
+        val queue : MutableList<Long> = objects.map { state -> state.obj.id}.toMutableList()
+        while ( queue.isNotEmpty()) {
+            val id = queue.removeAt(0);
+
+            if (!ids.contains(id)) {
+                ids.add(id)
+
+                if (states.containsKey(id)) {
+                    val obj = states[id]!!.obj
+
+                    obj.state?.status = Status.DELETED
+
+                    var i = 0
+                    for (property in obj.type.properties) {
+                        if (!property.isAttribute() && property.asRelation().cascade == Cascade.DELETE) {
+                            val relation = obj.relation<Relation>(i)
+
+                            if (relation.isLoaded()) {
+                                for (r in relation.relations())
+                                    queue.add(r.entity.id)
+                            }
+                            else { // FROM_ATTR  | FROM_ENTITY | TO_ATTR    | TO_ENTITY |
+                                objectManager.jdbcTemplate.query<Long>("SELECT DISTINCT TO_ENTITY FROM RELATIONS WHERE FROM_ENTITY = ${id} AND FROM_ATTR='${property.name}'") { rs, _ ->
+                                    rs.getLong("TO_ENTITY")
+                                }.forEach { id -> queue.add(id) }
+                            }
+                        } // if
+
+                        i++
+                    } // for
+                } // if
+            } // if
+        } // while
+
+        // finally delete
+
+        val entityManager = objectManager.entityManager
+
+        val criteriaBuilder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder()
+
+        val criteriaDelete = criteriaBuilder.createCriteriaDelete(EntityEntity::class.java)
+
+        val root = criteriaDelete.from(EntityEntity::class.java)
+
+        criteriaDelete.where( criteriaBuilder.isTrue(root.get<Long>("id").`in`(*ids.toTypedArray())))
+
+        entityManager.createQuery(criteriaDelete).executeUpdate()
+    }
+
     // TX
 
     fun commit(mapper: DataObjectMapper) {
+        processDeletedObjects()
+
         // commit changes
 
         for (state in states.values) {
             when ( state.status) {
                 Status.CREATED ->  mapper.create(this, state.obj)
-                Status.DELETED -> mapper.delete(this, state.obj)
+                Status.DELETED -> { /* already processed */}//mapper.delete(this, state.obj)
                 Status.MANAGED -> {
                     if ( state.isDirty())
                         mapper.update(this, state.obj)