Working with Delete Record(s) Process

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Working with Delete Record(s) Process

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Process Purpose

 

The Local Database Delete Record(s) process is used to delete records from a local database table.

 

 

When you add a process, you are required to define its settings. This occurs in the process's properties window which is displayed automatically after having added the Local Database Delete Record(s) process. This properties window is divided into three tabs - "General", "Query" and "Advanced".

If any subsequent edition is required, double-click the process to open its properties window and enter the necessary modifications.

 

General tab

 

 

Fill in the following options

 

Delete From ...

Table Name

Select the table with the records to delete from the drop-down list.

 

Proceed to the "Query" tab.

 

Query tab

 

 

Proceed as follows:

 

Where

Where Clause

Click to create the appropriate query. See To Use the Query Assistant. You can create up to 80 Where conditions.

 

Use the editing icons to the right of the table to move the rows up and down and to delete or add more rows.

 

Go to the "Advanced" tab.

 

Advanced tab

 

 

Proceed as follows:

 

If … Go to

SQL Error

Select a target location from the drop-down list or the list, if an "SQL Error" occurs. See Detail of a window below.

 

Detail of a window:

 

 

"S:Menu" is a screen included in the same program as the process.

"R:Routine_1" is a routine included in the same program as the process.

 

If required, use the icons on the upper right corner of the properties window:

 

Click it to create a new table in a local database. See Creating a Table.

 

Click it to view the data in the selected table. See Viewing/Editing a Table.

 

Click it to test SQL Scripts. See To Test SQL Scripts.

 

Use the icon to attach any relevant notes to this process. Click it and enter your notes in the resulting text box. These notes will be displayed in the corresponding "Actions" tab or "Process" window (in the "Notes" field) and in the "Developer Report".

 

After filling in the required options, click to conclude or to abort the operation.

 

The added process is displayed in the corresponding "Actions" tab or "Process" window.

 

 

 

Use the right-click in MCL-Designer's input boxes to access some related options as well as the general "Cut", "Copy"; "Paste"; "Search" actions (active/inactive according to the current context).

Ex: If you right-click the "Variable" input box (included in a "Conversion's" properties window), you are provided with general editing/search actions and other more specific options such as "Variable Select" (see "Variable Select") ;"Variable Insert" (see "Variable Insert")"Insert Special Character" (see To Insert Special Characters into a Control's Text Input Field) and "Localization Select" (see Localization List).

If you right-click another input box, it nay provide other possibilities.