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Bulk Delete with REST and Plugins (CRM 2011) + REST v/s Plugins RRS feed

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    Experts,

    Would appreciate your feedback on this:

    "Can we do bulk delete (one server) call and delete all the data in a particular entity through REST" (using JSON)?

     



    • Edited by itsgonabeme Wednesday, July 6, 2011 8:45 AM
    Tuesday, July 5, 2011 9:46 AM

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    no you can't do that becase delete method takes id of the record as a parameter, so you have to call this method either in loop or need to call it one by one for particular id

    refer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.xrm.sdk.iorganizationservice.delete.aspx

    Mahain : My Dynamics CRM Blog
    • Proposed as answer by HIMBAPModerator Wednesday, July 6, 2011 5:59 AM
    • Marked as answer by itsgonabeme Wednesday, July 6, 2011 8:43 AM
    Tuesday, July 5, 2011 2:15 PM
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    Thanks Mahendar, appreciate your feedback.

    Can i do bulk delete (one server call) with PLUGINS, or any other possible way you can think.

    I am still learning so any help or reference would be great.

    Kind Regards,

     

    Tuesday, July 5, 2011 10:29 PM
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    No you can't do that even in plugin because in plugin you will use the same method.

    Mahain : My Dynamics CRM Blog
    • Proposed as answer by HIMBAPModerator Wednesday, July 6, 2011 5:59 AM
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    Thanks again Mahender for the info on Plugin.

    One last question before i close this thread and mark all of your answers + also you are an MVP so would appreciate your input or any knowledge base you can provide.

     

    We are planning to build a product mostly it will be just the basic routine stuff. But for the parts where we have to add/update/delete stuff in the child table or in other words populate data behind the scenes which approach (Rest or Plugins) would you recommend and why, i have done experiments on REST and its messy but again that's just me a rookie in CRM 2011, but again coming back to that question for longer term since this is or will be product what we shall go with and why + also would be great if you can share any info that would think can be helpful.

     

    Looking forward for your feedback.

    Kind Regards,

    Wednesday, July 6, 2011 8:29 AM
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    Hi,

    As you want to develop a product I will suggest you to implement your business logic with plugin, and use js only for form validatons.

    and why we should go for plugin, here it is already answered.

     

    Mahain : My Dynamics CRM Blog
    • Proposed as answer by HIMBAPModerator Wednesday, July 6, 2011 8:39 AM
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    Thank you! Excellent link

    Everything is crystal clear now..

    Wednesday, July 6, 2011 8:44 AM