CLRPFM Vs DELETE (SQL DELETE)

CLRPFM Vs DELETE (SQL DELETE)

Which one is better? why??

CLRPFM is to remove the reocrds in a file, Delete is to delete the records. But if we do CLRPFM the no. of deleted records spaces will remain whereas if we go for delete it will take off the space.
Example:
CLRPFM FileA (having 200 records) - after clearing there is noe records but, if we do DSPFD FileA, it will show the no. of records as 200.

SQL Delete -> after delete DSPFD FileA, It will shows as zero records.
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Regards,
Razuk.

Agree with Razuk.

Anything else...?

Here is advantage using SQL to clear the file:
CLRPFM need exclusive lock on the file but SQL DELETE do not need this - so in some cases it could be advantageous to use SQL.