Delete a file by name from a shared drive

Deletes a file by name from a shared drive. Supply the file name in the WHERE clause and the shared drive ID in WITH. Use Trashed=0 to target only non-trashed files.

Standard SQL query example

This is the base query accepted by the connector. To execute it in SQL Server, you have to pass it to the Data Gateway via a Linked Server. See how to accomplish this using the examples below.

DELETE FROM Files
WHERE Name='dump.csv' AND Trashed=0
WITH(DriveId='0AC00HWQH144cUk9PVA', DriveType='drive')

Using OPENQUERY in SQL Server

SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([LS_TO_GOOGLE_DRIVE_IN_GATEWAY], 'DELETE FROM Files
WHERE Name=''dump.csv'' AND Trashed=0
WITH(DriveId=''0AC00HWQH144cUk9PVA'', DriveType=''drive'')')

Using EXEC in SQL Server (handling larger SQL text)

The major drawback of OPENQUERY is its inability to incorporate variables within SQL statements. This often leads to the use of cumbersome dynamic SQL (with numerous ticks and escape characters).

Fortunately, starting with SQL 2005 and onwards, you can utilize the EXEC (your_sql) AT [LS_TO_GOOGLE_DRIVE_IN_GATEWAY] syntax.

DECLARE @MyQuery NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'DELETE FROM Files
WHERE Name=''dump.csv'' AND Trashed=0
WITH(DriveId=''0AC00HWQH144cUk9PVA'', DriveType=''drive'')'
EXEC (@MyQuery) AT [LS_TO_GOOGLE_DRIVE_IN_GATEWAY]