deleteContent( )

Format

deleteContent( );

Description

Deletes the BLOB from the source.localData attribute (of the embedded ORDSource object), sets the source.local attribute to zero (to indicate that data is not local), and updates the source.updateTime attribute.

Parameters

None.

Usage Notes

This method can be called after you export the data from the local source to an external data source and you no longer need this data in the local source.

Call this method when you want to update the object with a new object.

Pragmas

None.

Exceptions

None.

Examples

Delete the local data from the current local source:

DECLARE
 image ORDSYS.ORDImage;
BEGIN
 SELECT product_photo INTO image FROM pm.online_media WHERE product_id = 3515 FOR UPDATE;
 -- Delete the local content of the image:
 Image.deleteContent();
 COMMIT;
END;
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