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.delete()

Deletes all records in a table, or a specific record, from the database.

Method Syntax
db.delete(thing,data)

Arguments

ArgumentsDescription
thing required

The table name or a RecordID to delete.

Example usage

# Delete all records from a table await db.delete('person') # Delete a specific record from a table await db.delete(RecordID('person', 'h5wxrf2ewk8xjxosxtyc'))

Translated query

This function will run the following query in the database.

DELETE $thing;