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Tech Tip: What order does DELETE SELECTION delete records?
PRODUCT: 4D | VERSION: 12.3 | PLATFORM: Mac & Win
Published On: February 16, 2012

The command DELETE SELECTION can be used to delete the current selection of records from a given table. DELETE SELECTION will delete records in the reverse order the selection is sorted in.

For example, if the following records were created in this order:


Then the records were sorted just before executing the command DELETE SELECTION, as shown:


The records would be deleted in reverse order, meaning "f" would be deleted first and "a" would be deleted last.