xo::db::Class proc drop_type (public)

 xo::db::Class drop_type -object_type object_type  \
    [ -drop_table drop_table ] [ -cascade_p cascade_p ]

Defined in /var/www/openacs.org/packages/xotcl-core/tcl/05-db-procs.tcl

Drop the object_type from the database and drop optionally the table. This method deletes as well all acs_objects of the object_type from the database.

Switches:

-object_type (required)

-drop_table (optional, defaults to "f")

-cascade_p (optional, defaults to "t")

Testcases:

No testcase defined.

Source code:

set table_name [::xo::db::Class get_table_name -object_type $object_type]
if {$table_name ne ""} {
  if {[catch {
    ::xo::dc dml delete_instances "delete from $table_name"
    if {$drop_table} {
      ::xo::dc dml drop_table "drop table $table_name"
    }
  } errorMsg]} {
    ns_log error "error during drop_type: $errorMsg"
  }
}
::acs::dc call acs_object_type drop_type  -object_type $object_type -drop_children_p $cascade_p
return ""

XQL Not present:

Generic, PostgreSQL, Oracle