| General Information | |
| Operator | delete |
| Syntax | delete expr |
| Type | unary |
| Operand Types | oid or object |
| Result Type | the operand type |
| Functions | delete a transient or persistent object |
| Expression Examples | |
| expression | result |
| delete first(select Person) | the oid of the deleted Person instance |
| delete new Person() | the oid of the deleted Person instance |
| for (x in (select Person) delete x | the oids of the deleted Person instances |