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RDB/VMS Relational Database Operator DELETE_PATHNAME — VMS RDB_4.0B

 Deletes the data dictionary entity that contains the database
 definitions.  The DELETE PATHNAME statement does not delete the
 database, snapshot, or storage area files.

 Example:

    RDO>  DELETE PATHNAME 'DISK1:[DICTIONARY]CORP.MIS.PERSONNEL'

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Format

 DELETE PATHNAME ─────> path-name ────> .

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path-name

path-name

 The data dictionary path name for the dictionary entity where the
 database definitions are stored.  Specify either a full data
 dictionary path name or a relative data dictionary path name and
 enclose the path name in quotation marks.

Examples

 RDO> DELETE PATHNAME 'DISK1:[DICTIONARY]ACCOUNTING.PERSONNEL'.

 This example deletes the data dictionary entity
 DISK1:[DICTIONARY]ACCOUNTING.PERSONNEL.  It does not delete the RDB,
 SNP, or RDA files.

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 To use the DELETE PATHNAME statement, you must have the Rdb/VMS
 DELETE privilege for the CDD/Plus dictionary database in which the
 data dictionary entity specified by the path name is stored.  You
 must also have the Rdb/VMS READ privilege for the Rdb/VMS database
 that you have invoked by path name.

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