i too started only 'soft-deleting' rows after my first few support calls unless you're somehow required to delete the data, it's simpler to flip a "Deleted?" b

i too started only 'soft-deleting' rows after my first few support calls unless you're somehow required to delete the data, it's simpler to flip a "Deleted?" bit or put it into a 'recycle bin' that's cleared by some cron job