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delete()

Deletes the object, which means the row is deleted from the database (unless prevented by a beforeDelete callback). Returns true on successful deletion of the row, false otherwise.

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
parameterize	any	No	true	Set to `true` to use `cfqueryparam` on all columns, or pass in a list of property names to use `cfqueryparam` on those only.
transaction	string	No	[runtime expression]	Set this to `commit` to update the database, `rollback` to run all the database queries but not commit them, or `none` to skip transaction handling altogether.
callbacks	boolean	No	true	Set to `false` to disable callbacks for this method.
includeSoftDeletes	boolean	No	false	Set to `true` to include soft-deleted records in the queries that this method runs.
softDelete	boolean	No	true	Set to `false` to permanently delete a record, even if it has a soft delete column.

// Get a post object and then delete it from the database.
post = model("post").findByKey(33);
post.delete();

// If you have a `hasMany` association setup from `post` to `comment`, you can do a scoped call. (The `deleteComment` method below will call `comment.delete()` internally.)
post = model("post").findByKey(params.postId);
comment = model("comment").findByKey(params.commentId);
post.deleteComment(comment);