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Managing Database Records
Managing a Database 15
Deleting Records
This section describes how to delete one or more records in a database.
Do this to get rid of old, unwanted, or duplicate records.
You cannot undo a record deletion!
You can export information from a record first if you want to delete a
record but save its data. See “Exporting Information” on page 4-17 for
instructions.
You cannot delete a record if data protection was turned on in the form
in the OmniForm program. Contact your OmniForm administrator or
the form’s creator if you need data protection turned off.
To delete the current record:
1 Choose
Delete Record
in the Records menu.
A warning dialog box appears.
2 Click
Yes
to delete the current record permanently.
To delete all records:
1 To delete a found set of records instead of all records, click
Search...
in the Records menu to find the records to delete.
See “Searching Records for Information” on page 4-7 for more
information.
2 Choose
Delete All Records
in the Records menu.
A warning dialog box appears.
3 Click
Yes
to delete all records or the found set permanently.