Delete Rows (Data Management)

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Summary

Deletes all or the selected subset of rows from the input.

If the input rows are from a feature class or table, all rows will be deleted. If the input rows are from a layer or table view with no selection, all rows will be deleted.

Usage

Syntax

DeleteRows_management (in_rows)
ParameterExplanationData Type
in_rows

The feature class, layer, table, or table view whose rows will be deleted.

Table View

Code Sample

DeleteRows example 1 (Python window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the DeleteRows function in immediate mode.

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.workspace = "C:/data"
arcpy.CopyRows_management("accident.dbf", "C:/output/accident2.dbf")
arcpy.DeleteRows_management("C:/output/accident2.dbf")
DeleteRows example 2 (stand-alone script)

The following stand-alone script demonstrates how to use the DeleteRows function to delete rows based on an expression.

# Name: DeleteRows_Example2.py
# Description: Delete rows from a table based on an expression
 
# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env

try: 
    # Set environment settings
    env.workspace = "C:/data"
 
    # Set local variables
    inTable = "accident.dbf"
    outTable = "C:/output/new_accident.dbf"
    tempTableView = "accidentTableView"
    expression = arcpy.AddFieldDelimiters(tempTableView, "Measure") + " = 0"
 
    # Execute CopyRows to make a new copy of the table
    arcpy.CopyRows_management(inTable, outTable)
 
    # Execute MakeTableView
    arcpy.MakeTableView_management(outTable, tempTableView)
 
    # Execute SelectLayerByAttribute to determine which rows to delete
    arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(tempTableView, "NEW_SELECTION", expression)
 
    # Execute GetCount and if some features have been selected, then execute
    #  DeleteRows to remove the selected rows.
    if int(arcpy.GetCount_management(tempTableView).getOutput(0)) > 0:
        arcpy.DeleteRows_management(tempTableView)
         
except Exception as e:
    # If an error occurred, print line number and error message
    import traceback
    import sys
    tb = sys.exc_info()[2]
    print("Line {0}".format(tb.tb_lineno))
    print(e.message)

Environments

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Licensing Information

ArcGIS for Desktop Basic: Yes
ArcGIS for Desktop Standard: Yes
ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced: Yes
5/7/2015