Performing Administrative Tasks in Batch › Delete Statements

Delete Statements

Use DELETE statements to delete existing environment definitions. The DELETE action will not delete an environment definition if any elements are defined to the environment definition. For example, you cannot delete a system if any subsystems or types are defined to that system. You must delete the subsystems and types before you can delete the system.

Note: There is no action to delete a type sequence definition. The DELETE SYSTEM action deletes the type sequence definitions.

The following general conventions apply to all DELETE statements:

• Names you specify in the DELETE clause can have a maximum of 8 characters with the exception of SHIPMENT DESTINATION, which can be no longer than 7 characters, and APPROVER GROUP, which can be no longer than 16 characters.
• The DELETE action allows wildcarded names in all non-environment inventory location fields.
• Environment names you specify in the FROM clause must all be fully specified.
• You must enclose names that contain only numeric characters in single or double quotation marks.
• Names cannot include imbedded spaces, non-alphabetical, non-numeric, or non-national characters.