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    DELETE  
Deletes one or more records from the specified Database Table.

Parameters


Table

Database Table where to delete the records from.

 
Where <Kalipso Filter> or <string>

Condition to specify which records should be deleted. Check Expressions chapter for more information about Kalipso Filter and String expressions.
If this parameter is empty, an error may occur, if you have selected Prevent the execution of Update/Delete Statemens without Where clause in "Online" or "Offline", defined in the Project Properties. To bypass this safety feature without unchecking the options check Example 1.

     
 This function is intended to be similar Delete operation that exists in every SQL database, and is used to database tables according some conditions.

Consider the following Database Table:

 Products
Code Name Stock
1 Coca Cola 100
2 Pepsi Cola 200
3 Pork Chops 300


Consider that column Code is Numeric, column Name is String and column Stock is Numeric.

Example 1

Example 2
Table Products
Where 1=1

Result:

 Products
Code Name Stock
 empty

 


Table Products
Where FIELD(Products,Name) LIKE "%Cola"

Result:

 Products
Code Name Stock
003 Pork Chops 300

     
  • When you specify more than one condition in Where parameter, the operator used between the conditions is "AND" or "OR".

See also
Samples

 
 
Updated: 3/21/2018 5:46 PM