deletebyid.md

deleteByID

Delete using an entity name and an incoming id, you can also flush the session if needed. The ID can be a single ID or an array of ID's to batch delete using hibernate DLM style deletes. The function also returns the number of records deleted.

{% hint style="danger" %} No cascading will be done since the delete is done without loading the entity into session but via DLM HQL {% endhint %}

Returns

• This function returns numeric

Arguments

Key	Type	Required	Default	Description
entityName	string	Yes	---	The name of the entity to delte
id	any	Yes	---	A single ID or array of IDs
flush	boolean	No	false
transactional	boolean	No	From Property	Use transactions not

Examples

// just delete
count = ormService.deleteByID("User",1);

// delete and flush
count = ormService.deleteByID("User",4,true);

// Delete several records, or at least try
count = ormService.deleteByID("User",[1,2,3,4]);