ISqlDeleteBuilder.Delete(string table) Method

.NET Standard 2.x

Creates a SQL DELETE statement and specifies the name of the table or view from which the rows are to be removed.

Namespace: SnapObjects.Data

Assembly: SnapObjects.Data.dll

Syntax

 ISqlDeleteBuilder Delete(string table);

Parameters

table System.String

The name of the table or view from which the rows are to be removed.

Returns

SnapObjects.Data.ISqlDeleteBuilder

Returns the current ISqlDeleteBuilder object.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the ISqlDeleteBuilder.Delete(string table) method. It builds a SQL DELETE statement to delete the records whose name="English" from the "Department" table.

using SnapObjects.Data;
using System;

namespace Appeon.ApiDoc.ISqlDeleteBuilderExamples
{
    public class DeleteExample
    {
        private SchoolContext _context;

        public DeleteExample(SchoolContext dataContext)
        {
            // Sets the Data Context
            _context = dataContext;
        }

        public void Example1()
        {

            // Declares SqlDeleteBuilder.
            var sqlbuilder = new SqlDeleteBuilder();

            // Builds a SQL DELETE statement to delete the records whose name="English" from the "Department" table.
            sqlbuilder.Delete("Department")
                .WhereValue("name", SqlBinaryOperator.Equals, "English");

            // Converts the syntax to raw SQL for the database corresponding to data context.
            string sql = sqlbuilder.ToSqlString(_context);

            Console.WriteLine(sql);

            /*This code produces the following output:
            
            DELETE
            FROM [Department]
            WHERE ([name] = N'English')     
            */
        }
    }
}

Applies to

.NET Standard

2.x