MONGOC_COLLECTION_DELETE(3)

NAME
mongoc_collection_delete()

SYNOPSIS
bool
mongoc_collection_delete (mongoc_collection_t          *collection,
                          mongoc_delete_flags_t         flags,
                          const bson_t                 *selector,
                          const mongoc_write_concern_t *write_concern,
                          bson_error_t                 *error);

DEPRECATED
NOTE
    This function is deprecated and should not be used in new code.
Please use mongoc_collection_remove(3) instead.

PARAMETERS

collection
    A mongoc_collection_t .

flags
    A mongoc_delete_flags_t.

selector
    A bson_t containing the query to match documents.

write_concern
    A mongoc_write_concern_t or NULL.

error
    An optional location for a bson_error_t or NULL .

DESCRIPTION
This function shall delete documents in the given collection that match selector . The bson selector is not validated, simply passed along as appropriate to the server. As such, compatibility and errors should be validated in the appropriate server documentation. If you want to limit deletes to a single document, provide MONGOC_DELETE_SINGLE_REMOVE in flags .

ERRORS
Errors are propagated via the error parameter.

RETURNS
true if successful, otherwise false and error is set.

COLOPHON
This page is part of MongoDB C Driver. Please report any bugs at https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER.