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REMOVE-CHILD( ) method
Unlinks the node and its sub-tree from the XML document. The XML object is not deleted, only disconnected from the structure.
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Syntax 
REMOVE-CHILD ( x-node-handle )
x-node-handle
The handle that represents the node to remove from the tree.
The following code fragment gets a reference to the fourth node on the document root, and removes it. hNoderef is still available for use after the remove, but is unlinked from hRoot:
 
CREATE X-NODEREF hNoderef.
. . .
hRoot:GET-CHILD(hNoderef,4).
hRoot:REMOVE-CHILD(hNodeRef).
. . .

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