diff --git a/database/interface/source_maint/srce_delete.sql b/database/interface/source_maint/srce_delete.sql
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+DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS tps.srce_delete(jsonb);
+CREATE FUNCTION tps.srce_delete(_defn jsonb) RETURNS jsonb
+AS
+$f$
+DECLARE 
+    _message jsonb;
+    _MESSAGE_TEXT text;
+    _PG_EXCEPTION_DETAIL text;
+    _PG_EXCEPTION_HINT text;
+    _rebuild BOOLEAN;
+BEGIN
+
+    -------------------------------do delete---------------------------------
+
+    DELETE FROM tps.srce WHERE srce = _defn->>'name'
+    --could move this record to a "recycle bin" table for a certain period of time
+    --need to handle cascading record deletes
+    
+    ---------------------------set message-----------------------------------
+    _message:= 
+    (
+        $$
+            {
+            "status":"complete",
+            "message":"source was moved to the recycle bin which has not been implemented so...hope you're in dev"
+            }
+        $$::jsonb
+    );
+
+    RETURN _message;
+
+    
+
+    EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN
+        GET STACKED DIAGNOSTICS 
+            _MESSAGE_TEXT = MESSAGE_TEXT,
+            _PG_EXCEPTION_DETAIL = PG_EXCEPTION_DETAIL,
+            _PG_EXCEPTION_HINT = PG_EXCEPTION_HINT;
+        _message:= 
+        ($$
+            {
+                "status":"fail",
+                "message":"error dropping the source"
+            }
+        $$::jsonb)
+        ||jsonb_build_object('message_text',_MESSAGE_TEXT)
+        ||jsonb_build_object('pg_exception_detail',_PG_EXCEPTION_DETAIL);
+    RETURN _message;
+END;
+$f$
+LANGUAGE plpgsql
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