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XQuery xdmp:collection-delete

xdmp.collectionDelete

xdmp.collectionDelete(
   $uri as String
) as null

Summary

Deletes from the database every document in a collection. If there are no documents in the specified collection, then nothing is deleted, and xdmp:collection-delete still returns the empty sequence.

Parameters
$uri The URI of the collection to be deleted.

Example

declareUpdate();
xdmp.collectionDelete("/my-collection");

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