# dbase_delete_record

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

dbase_delete_record — Deletes a record from a database

### Description

bool dbase_delete_record ( int `$dbase_identifier` , int `$record_number` )

Marks the given record to be deleted from the database.

> Note: To actually remove the record from the database, you must also call dbase_pack().

### Parameters

`dbase_identifier`

  The database link identifier, returned by dbase_open() or dbase_create().

`record_number`

  An integer which spans from 1 to the number of records in the database (as returned by dbase_numrecords()).

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### See Also

- dbase_add_record()
- dbase_replace_record()