Command: dbdelete

Syntax

dbdelete <ident> {,<ident> ... }

Description

Delete a row entry from the database via a local dbstructure.

Parameters

• <ident>
  Existing identifier(s). They must be dbstructure-type identifiers. Wild names are permitted to facilitate multiple row deletion.

Switches

• -ty=<type>
  Delete only the rows corresponding to identifier(s) of the indicated identifier <type>.

Notes

Where <ident> does not include an array specification, all rows are deleted from the database.

Where <ident> does include an array specification, only the indicated rows are deleted from the database. This may result in the contents of other elements being re-mapped to the remaining rows in the database.

Examples

Delete a row from the database.

dbdelete person

Delete five rows from the database via an array of dbstructures.

dbdelete cs[1:5]

Delete rows corresponding to all dbstructures of a particular type

dbdelete *.*, -ty=~admin.staff

See Also