The DELETE PARTITION command deletes a partition and, optionally,
    all the partition's children to the bottom, or root, of the
    partition hierachy.

    Since a partition is a nonversioned element, CDO does not accept
    a branch designation or a version number in partition names.

    If a partition is a child, you must delete its parent or
    parents before you delete the partition. If the partition's
    immediate parent is a child of another element, you must trace
    the relationships back until you reach the element that has no
    parents.

    An error occurs if you attempt to delete a partition that
    contains elements. Promote or delete elements from a partition
    prior to issuing the DELETE PARTITION command.