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====== Tabul - Data Delete Command ======


===== About =====
''data delete'' is a [[docs:tabul:tabul|tabul]] [[docs:tabul:command|command]] that supports the [[docs:op:delete|delete data operation]] where the data to [[docs:op:delete|delete]] are defined in a [[docs:flow:source|source data resource]].

<note tip>
This is an alias command of the [[transfer|data transfer command]] where the ''transfer-operation'' [[docs:tabul:option|option]] has been set to ''delete''.
</note>



===== Prerequisites =====
  * The [[docs:flow:target|target data resource]] should have at minimum a primary key or a unique key.
  * The [[docs:flow:source|source data resource]] should have at minimum a primary key or a unique key of the [[docs:flow:target|target data resource]]

===== Syntax =====

<unit>
<code bash>
tabul data delete -h
</code>
<console>
Tabul data delete
=================

Delete records in a target resources defined in a source

Note:
This is an alias command to the `transfer` command with the `delete` transfer operation.

This action will not execute a SQL DELETE statement. SQL statements are defined and executed with a SQL script.



Example
-------

 1 - To delete the records of the file `foo.csv` from the `sqlite` table `foo`, you would execute


        tabul data delete foo.csv foo@sqlite




Syntax
------


    tabul data delete [options|flags] <source-selector...> <target-data-uri>


where:


  Arguments:

    <source-selector...>                                          A data selector that select the data resources to transfer

    <target-data-uri>                                             A target data uri (Example: table@connection or foo.csv@cd)


  Cross Data Transfer Options:

    -bs,--buffer-size <buffer-size>                               defines the size of the memory buffer between the source and target threads

    -mdu,--metrics-data-uri <metrics-data-uri>                    defines a target data uri where the data metrics should be exported

    -out,--output-type <output-type>                              The resource that is passed as output

    -pt,--processing-type <processing-type>                       how to process the inputs (one by one or in batch)

    -sfs,--source-fetch-size <source-fetch-size>                  defines the size of the network message from the source to fetch the data

    -so,--source-operation <source-operation>                     defines the data operation (drop or truncate) on the source after transfer. Note: A `move` operation will drop the source.

    -tbs,--target-batch-size <target-batch-size>                  defines the batch size against the target data resource

    -tcf,--target-commit-frequency <target-commit-frequency>      defines the commit frequency in number of batches against the target data resource

    -to,--target-operation <target-operation>                     defines the data operations (drop or truncate) on the existing target before transfer. A `replace` operation will drop the target.

    -twc,--target-worker-count <target-worker-count>              defines the target number of thread against the target connection

    -tmc,--transfer-mapping-columns <transfer-mapping-columns>    defines the columns mapping between the source and the target

    -tmm,--transfer-mapping-method <transfer-mapping-method>      defines the method used to map the source columns to the target columns

    -tms,--transfer-mapping-strict <transfer-mapping-strict>      defines if a map by name or position is strict

    -op,--transfer-operation <transfer-operation>                 defines the transfer operation (insert, update, delete, upsert, merge, copy).

    -tut,--transfer-upsert-type <transfer-upsert-type>            defines the type of upsert operation (merge, insert, insert-update, update-insert).

    -wp,--with-parameters                                         defines if parameters are used in the SQL statement


  Data Definition Options:

    -sa,--source-attribute <attributeName=value>                  Set a source attribute

    -ta,--target-attribute <attributeName=value>                  Set a target attribute


  Selection Options:

    --strict-selection                                            If set the selection will return an error if no data resources have been selected

    -wd,--with-dependencies                                       If set, the dependencies will be also selected


  Options:

    -t,--type <mediaType|mimeType|extensionFile>                  The type of the resource

    -vc,--virtual-column <columnName=resourceAttributeName>       Add a virtual column with the value of a data resource attribute


  Global Options:

    -ah,--app-home <path>                                         The app home directory (default to the .tabul.yml file directory)

    -vf,--conf <path>                                             The path to a configuration file

    -ee,--exec-env <name>                                         The execution environment (prod or dev)

    -h,--help                                                     Print this help

    -l,--log-level <error|warning|tip|info|fine>                  Set the log level

    -ns,--not-strict                                              A minor error will not stop the process.

    -odu,--output-data-uri <outputDataUri>                        defines the output data uri for the feedback data (default: console)

    -oo,--output-operation <dataOperation>                        defines the data operations (replace, truncate) on an existing output resource before transfer.

    -oop,--output-transfer-operation <transferOperation>          defines the output transfer operation (insert, update, merge, copy). Default to `copy` for a file system and `insert` for a database.

    -pp,--passphrase <passphrase>                                 A passphrase (master password) to decrypt the encrypted vault values (Env: TABUL_PASSPHRASE)

    --pipe-mode                                                   Use pipe mode if you want to pipe the output in a shell. Pipe mode will not print the headers (ie column name) and will not make the control character visible

    -v,--version                                                  Print version information
</console>
</unit>