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REMOVE-CHILD( ) Method

Unlinks the node and its sub-tree from the XML document. The XML object is not deleted, only disconnected from the structure.

Return Type: LOGICAL

Applies To: X-document Object Handle, X-noderef Object Handle

SYNTAX
REMOVE-CHILD( x-node-handle ) 

x-node-handle

The handle that represents the node to remove from the tree.

The following code fragment gets a reference to the fourth node on the document root, and removes it. hNoderef is still available for use after the remove, but is unlinked from hRoot:

CREATE X-NODEREF hNoderef.
...
hRoot:GET-CHILD(hNoderef,4).
hRoot:REMOVE-CHILD(hNodeRef).
. . . 


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