DELETE

The jBASE DELETE command allows the user to delete specific or selected records from a specified file. The DICT keyword can be used to specify that the record or records should be deleted from the dictionary file.

COMMAND SYNTAX

DELETE {DICT} filename{,section} {recordlist}

SYNTAX ELEMENTS

filename is the name of a valid file. The file type must be one of the supported jBASE file types. If the file type supports separate data and dictionary files, the DICT keyword may be used to delete from the dictionary file.

section is the name of the mutliple data section if specified.

recordlist is the list of record identifiers to be deleted. If the recordlist is omitted then the active SELECT list if present is used.

EXAMPLES

DELETE File1 Record1

Deletes record Record1 from the file File1.

GET-LIST DeleteList
DELETE File1

Deletes all records from File1 that match the record ids selected by the active select list.

Files