Delete Command

Delete?db=DatabaseName&searchData=xx

Deletes all matching records from the database.

To delete records from a database, use a web browser to link to a URL containing the Delete command (alternately, you may embed a [Delete] tag into a template). Whenever WebCatalog receives a Delete command, it immediately searches for all matching records and deletes them from the database.

Example (normally you would link to a URL or form containing the following information):

http://yourserver.com/xx.tpl?command=Delete&db=SomeDatabase.db&eqNAMEdata=Grant

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The database "SomeDatabase.db" is opened, and all records whose name field is "Grant" are deleted. The page sent back to the browser will be xx.tpl

Here are some other ways to send the same command:

HTML Source Description

<a href="/WebCatalog/WebCatalog.acgi
?command=Delete&template=xx.tpl&db=SomeDatabase.db
&eqNAMEdata=Grant">
Hyperlink to WebCatalog CGI

<a href="xx.tpl
?command=Delete&db=SomeDatabase.db
&eqNAMEdata=Grant">
Hyperlink to WebCatalog plugin

<form method="POST" action="/WebCatalog/WebCatalog.acgi">
<input type="hidden" name="command" value="Delete">
<input type="hidden" name="template" value="xx.tpl">
<input name="eqNAMEdata">
<input type="submit">
</form>

Form-based command to CGI
(notice you must specify a template)

<form method="POST" action="xx.tpl">
<input type="hidden" name="command" value="Delete">
<<input name="eqNAMEdata">
<input type="submit">
</form>

Form-based command to plugin
(notice the template is part of the action)

HTML Source	Description
<a href="/WebCatalog/WebCatalog.acgi ?command=Delete&template=xx.tpl&db=SomeDatabase.db &eqNAMEdata=Grant">	Hyperlink to WebCatalog CGI
<a href="xx.tpl ?command=Delete&db=SomeDatabase.db &eqNAMEdata=Grant">	Hyperlink to WebCatalog plugin
<form method="POST" action="/WebCatalog/WebCatalog.acgi"> <input type="hidden" name="command" value="Delete"> <input type="hidden" name="template" value="xx.tpl"> <input name="eqNAMEdata"> <input type="submit"> </form>	Form-based command to CGI (notice you must specify a template)
<form method="POST" action="xx.tpl"> <input type="hidden" name="command" value="Delete"> <<input name="eqNAMEdata"> <input type="submit"> </form>	Form-based command to plugin (notice the template is part of the action)