BEFORE DELETE block

The BEFORE DELETE block is executed each time the user deletes a row of an INPUT ARRAY list, before the row is removed from the list.

You typically code the database table synchronization in the BEFORE DELETE block, by executing a DELETE SQL statement using the primary key of the current row. In the BEFORE DELETE block, the row to be deleted still exists in the program array, so you can access its data to identify what record needs to be removed.

The BEFORE DELETE block is executed before the AFTER DELETE block.

If needed, the deletion can be canceled with the CANCEL DELETE instruction.

When called in this block, DIALOG.getCurrentRow() returns the index of the row that will be deleted.

The next example uses the BEFORE DELETE block to remove the row from the database table and cancels the deletion operation if an SQL error occurs:

INPUT ARRAY p_items FROM s_items.*
  BEFORE DELETE
    LET r = DIALOG.getCurrentRow("s_items")
    WHENEVER ERROR CONTINUE
    DELETE FROM items
       WHERE item_num = p_items[r].item_num
    WHENEVER ERROR STOP
    IF SQLCA.SQLCODE<>0 VALUES
      ERROR SQLERRMESSAGE
      CANCEL DELETE
    END IF
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