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DeleteBackup

Last update:
May 18, 2026

Description

This function deletes an existing backup of a table.
For more information, see DeleteBackup.

Category

History

ColdFusion (2021 release): Added this function.

Syntax

serviceHandle.deleteBackup(requestParameters)

Parameters

See request parameters of DeleteBackup.

Example

<cfscript> 
  cred = { 
    "credentialAlias" : "myalias", 
    "vendorName" : "AWS", 
    "region" : "us-east-2", 
    "secretAccessKey" : "xxxxx", 
    "accessKeyId" : "xxxx" 
  } 
 
  conf={ 
    "serviceName"="DYNAMODB" 
  } 
 
  dynamo=getCloudService(cred, conf) 
  tableName="YearlyProductCatalog" 
 
  // list all backups 
  listBackupsStruct={ 
    "BackupType": "ALL", 
    "Limit":20, 
    "TableName":"#tableName#" 
  } 
  backupList=dynamo.listBackups(listBackupsStruct) 
 
  // retrieve the first Backup ARN that we shall delete 
  backupArnToBeDeleted=backupList.BackupSummaries[1].BackupArn 
  deleteBackupStruct={ 
    "BackupArn": "#backupArnToBeDeleted#" 
  } 
  try{ 
    deleteBackupResponse=dynamo.DeleteBackup(deleteBackupStruct) 
    writeOutput("Backup deleted successfully") 
    writeDump(deleteBackupResponse) 
  } 
  catch(any e){ 
    writeDump(e) 
  } 
</cfscript>

Output

Figure: DeleteBackup output
DeleteBackup output

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