---
name: "pdb_DeleteRecordByID"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "coldsync"
version: "3.0+pre3-3"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pdb_DeleteRecordByID"
---

# pdb\_DeleteRecordByID(3)

short description

## NAME

**pdb\_DeleteRecordByID** – short description

## LIBRARY

*libpdb*

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<pdb.h\>**

*int*\

**pdb\_DeleteRecordByID**(*struct pdb \*db*, *const udword id*);

## DESCRIPTION

**pdb\_DeleteRecordByID** looks for a record in the database pointed to by *db* whose ID is *id*, removes it from the database, and frees the memory taken up by that record.

## RETURN VALUE

**pdb\_DeleteRecordByID** returns 0 if successful, or a negative value otherwise. If there was no record in *db* with ID *id*, that is considered a success, since the record was to be deleted anyway.

## SEE ALSO

[libpdb(3)](/libpdb/3.md).

## AUTHORS

Andrew Arensburger ⟨arensb@ooblick.com⟩