DELETE MATCHES Parameter

This parameter specifies a WHERE clause expression for filtering base table rows. The value is in two parts: the Siebel base table name and the filter expression that goes against the target base table. An example would be:

DELETE MATCHES = S_ORG_EXT, (LAST_UPD > ‘2000-06-22’ AND LAST_UPD < ‘2000-06-23’)

The expression is a self-contained WHERE clause expression (without the WHERE) and should use only literal values or column names (optionally prefixed with the base table name). There must also be a space separating the operator from the operand in this expression (a space must be added between > and ‘). When deleting rows for a specific date, you should use date ranges as shown in the example instead of setting the date equal to a specific date. By default, DELETE MATCHES expressions are not used.

This parameter will only write the user keys values of the deleted target table rows to the EIM table columns. It will not write values of nonuser keys columns or nontarget table rows column values to the EIM table. The deleted rows cannot be reimported using the EIM table rows written by the EIM delete process, because they will not contain all the original information.

Only use this parameter to delete rows from target base tables. Rows will be deleted from the target base table even if the DELETE ROWS parameter is set to FALSE for that table.

Caution: Do not use the DELETE MATCHES parameter to delete rows from S_PARTY based tables. For example, using the criteria "DELETE MATCHES = S_PARTY, (CREATED > xxxxx)" will cause all records of S_PARTY that matches this criteria to be deleted from the database.