ICatalogManager::DeleteCatalog
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Use this method to delete a catalog and derived custom catalogs from the Product Catalog System.
Definition
HRESULT ICatalogManager::DeleteCatalog(BSTRstrCatalogName);
Parameters
strCatalogName
[in] A BSTR that contains the name of the catalog to be deleted.
Return Values
This method returns an HRESULT indicating whether it completed successfully. See the Error Values section for more details.
Error Values
This method returns S_OK (0x00000000) to indicate success and either standard or custom COM HRESULT error values to indicate failure. For more information about standard COM errors, see Standard COM Errors.
The following table shows the custom COM errors that this method can return.
| Constant | Value | Description |
| E_CAT_CATALOG_DOESNT_EXIST | 0x88980002 | The specified catalog did not exist. |
Additional information may be available using the global Err object, which can be accessed using the API function GetErrorInfo. In particular, the GetDescription method of the IErrorInfo interface may return a text description of the error.
Remarks
For more information about memory ownership issues related to COM property and method parameters, see Managing COM Parameter Memory.
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Note
This method cannot be called in a transacted object. This method involves the creation, deletion, or updating of free text indexes. SQL Server does not allow these operations in a transaction.
Deleting a catalog will also delete and custom catalogs that were derived from it.