XF 1.5 Using _deleteData() to delete records from multiple tables/datawriters?

[Dannymh]

Hi,

I am writing a quick system for some internal usage whilst we migrate to XF2. As part of this I need the ability at the top level to delete a record, and then have all of the subsequent records deleted. The structure looks something like this

1. - Department
   1. Staff in Department
      1. Equipment assigned to staff

So at the top level if I delete a Department I want this to trickle down and remove all the staff that are assigned to that department and all of the equipment assigned to that staff.

I was hoping of doing this with the X or the Delete button on a list page in Admin and tying it to the _deleteData(). At the moment doing so deletes the Department and I just need it to pass on and delete from the other areas. Should I just do this with PostDelete in the datawriter, or does the deleteData function allow me to add additional DW's to delete from?

Thanks in advance
Dan

 

[Mike]

You'd need to use the post delete system for this (to delete the direct children, which in turn, delete their children, etc).