DeleteWithDescendants Element (XMLA)

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Indicates whether the descendants of attribute members are also deleted by the parent Drop command.

Syntax

<Drop>
   ...
   <DeleteWithDescendants>...</DeleteWithDescendants>
   ...
</Drop>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic

Description

Data type and length

Boolean

Default value

False

Cardinality

0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.

Element Relationships

Relationship

Element

Parent elements

Drop

Child elements

None

Remarks

The DeleteWithDescendants element determines whether the Drop command should delete the attribute members identified by the Where element, but also that the descendants of those attribute members are to be dropped as well.

Note

This element applies only to attribute members in parent-child hierarchies.

For more information about deleting and updating attribute members, see Inserting, Updating, and Dropping Members (XMLA).

See Also

Concepts

Properties (XMLA)