EDELETE

Deletes selected records from a file according to record list or selection criteria clauses.

SYNTAX

EDELETE file-specifier [record-list | selection-criteria]

NOTES

EDELETE requires an implicit or explicit record list, or selection criteria. An implicit list can be provided by preceding the command with a SELECT, GET-LIST or other list-providing command.

EDELETE will immediately delete the specified records.

To clear all the records in a file, use the CLEAR-FILE command.

EXAMPLES

:EDELETE SALES "ABC" "DEF"

2 Records deleted

Delete the records ABC and DEF based on the explicit list of records.

:EDELETE SALES IF P.CODE = "GHI]"

n Records deleted

Delete all records in the SALES file in which the P.CODE field starts with GHI.

:SELECT SALES WITH S.CODE = "ABC"

n Records deleted

Selects all records in the SALES file in which the S.CODE field contains ABC, and deletes them.

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