The ERASE statement deletes the current record of the run unit from the
  database.  Additional records owned by the current record may also be
  deleted and/or disconnected.

  Format -

   ERASE [ ALL ]  [ record-name ]

      [ ON ERROR stment ] [ NOT ON ERROR stment ]

      [ END-ERASE ]

1  –  record-name

  names a subschema record type.

2  –  stment

  is an imperative statement.