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[Muhire Andrew <muhireandrew@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you all,
Great Knut its rilly good to select first and then delete because it can cause problems in case i delete  the needed data.
 




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Muhire Andrew

HMIS/Ministry of Health
andrew.muhire@xxxxxxxxxx
God is my provider.



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From: Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Muhire Andrew <muhireandrew@xxxxxxxxx>; dhis2-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; dhis2-devs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Dhis2-devs] Dear Dhis2 users how can i delete?


As a rule of thumb, it is usually wise to do a SELECT before a DELETE, so that you are 100% sure you are not deleting data you really need.


In this case:

select * from datavalue_audit where dataelementid=<id>;
select * from datavalue where dataelementid=<id>;


Knut


2011/9/12 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>

Hi Andrew,
>
>you need to remove the data with SQL in the database. Run:
>
>delete from datavalue_audit where dataelementid=<id>;
>delete from datavalue where dataelementid=<id>;
>
>and replace <id> with the dataelementid of the one you want to remove.
>
>You can then go ahead and delete the data element in the user interface.
>
>
>
>Lars
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