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My first row of my Repeating table is blank.  Is it possible to have this row automatically deleted since it does not have info?

 Chris

A lot depends on what else you have going on in your form. But if you look under Tools / Options / Defaults (IP 2007) or Data / Defaults (IP 2010) you have the option of not including your repeating group when the form opens. Then you will not have that initial blank row.

EDIT: I should add, if you want to use the delete command, that works too. Delete /xpath=/path/to/group[1]

Yes.  I have given much consideration to the Delete command.  I have been combing this site for the user guide on the Delete command.   Haven't found it yet.   It is my assumption that the [1] is to delete the first row and not for the child group number?

my Xpath all the way to the child is /my:myFields/my:group15/my:UpdateEstimatedDateOfReport/my:group18/my:group19.

I believe it would be

Command = Delete /xpath=/my:myFields/my:group15/my:UpdateEstimatedDateOfReport/my:group18/my:group19

A user updates some fields, which populate this repeating table.  User goes back later and "updates" those fields, I setup a INSERT command to add a row.  works good.    I did get the Delete command to work ........ sort of.......  Just that now it deletes the row previously there which in turn doesnt allow for more than one row. 

I can't find a guide for the delete other than the User guide which doesnt have much.....

Many of the commands do not have additional documentation outside of the user guide.

Is group19 your repeating group? The [1] filter selects the first row of a repeating group. I'd assume that without it, Delete would also delete the first instance of the repeating group since the XPath to a repeating group without a filter generally selects the first instance.

you beat me to my question.   Yes group 19 is my repeating table.  I was looking at the user guide and it doesnt mention this. 

Command = Delete /xpath=/my:myFields/my:group15/my:UpdateEstimatedDateOfReport/my:group18/my:group19[1]

 didnt work though.....  probably a space issue....

The user guide says:

xpath: xpath to delete. It can be filtered in the case of a repeating group or field.

So, the ability to use a filtered XPath is mentioned in the guide.

Is there a reason that you can't just exclude the row when the form opens by setting the default? Have you tried:

 Delete /xpath=/my:myFields/my:group15/my:UpdateEstimatedDateOfReport/my:group18/my:group19

Hello Chris,

Could you attach a screenshot of your data source, including the group19 group and all its parent groups?

PERFECT!!!

Thank you Hillary.  Have a wonderful weekend!!!