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22.3.4.4 Delete Tables

You can use thedelete() method to remove some or all records from a table in a database. The X DevAPI provides additional methods to use with thedelete() method to filter and order the records to be deleted.

Delete Records Using Conditions

The following example passes search conditions to thedelete() method. All records matching the condition are deleted from the city table. In this example, one record matches the condition.

mysql-js> db.city.delete().where("Name = 'Olympia'")
Delete the First Record

To delete the first record in the city table, use thelimit() method with a value of 1.

mysql-js> db.city.delete().limit(1)
Delete All Records in a Table

You can delete all records in a table. To do so, use thedelete() method without specifying a search condition.

Caution

Use care when you delete records without specifying a search condition; doing so deletes all records from the table.

Drop a Table

ThedropCollection() method is also used in MySQL Shell to drop a relational table from a database. For example, to drop thecitytest table from theworld_x database, issue:

mysql-js> session.dropCollection("world_x", "citytest")
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