DeleteWithDescendants Element (XMLA)

Indicates whether the descendants of attribute members are also deleted by the parent Drop command.

Syntax

<Drop>
   ...
   <DeleteWithDescendants>...</DeleteWithDescendants>
   ...
</Drop>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	Boolean
Default value	False
Cardinality	0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Element
Parent elements	Drop
Child elements	None

Remarks

The DeleteWithDescendants element determines whether the Drop command should delete the attribute members identified by the Where element, but also that the descendants of those attribute members are to be dropped as well.

Note

This element applies only to attribute members in parent-child hierarchies.

For more information about deleting and updating attribute members, see Inserting, Updating, and Dropping Members (XMLA).

See Also

Concepts

Properties (XMLA)