EntityList<TEntity>.DeleteOnSubmit Method

Marks the specified entity for deletion on the next call of SubmitChanges().

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Linq
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Linq (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Linq.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub DeleteOnSubmit ( _
    entity As TEntity _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As EntityList
Dim entity As TEntity

instance.DeleteOnSubmit(entity)

public void DeleteOnSubmit(
    TEntity entity
)

Parameters

• entity
  Type: TEntity

  The entity to be marked for deletion.

Exceptions

Remarks

entity is usually a list item, but it can be a detached entity of the same type as the list items.

Examples

The following is an example of DeleteOnSubmit(TEntity) in use:

// Set the item to be deleted.
foreach (TeamMember teamMember in teamSite.TeamMembers)
{
    if (teamMember.Title = “Bob Smith”)
    {
        teamSite.TeamMembers.DeleteOnSubmit(teamMember);
    }
}

// Write changes to the content database.
teamSite.SubmitChanges();

// Try-catch block omitted for readability.

' Set the item to be deleted.
For Each teamMember As TeamMember In teamSite.TeamMembers
    If teamMember.Title = "Bob Smith" Then
        teamSite.TeamMembers.DeleteOnSubmit(teamMember)
    End If
Next teamMember

' Write changes to the content database.
teamSite.SubmitChanges()

' Try-catch block omitted for readability.

See Also

Reference

EntityList<TEntity> Class

EntityList<TEntity> Members

Microsoft.SharePoint.Linq Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Write to Lists Using LINQ to SharePoint