Bluetooth keyboard delete key

I have used three different Bluetooth keyboards with my ipad2 and on everyone of them the delete key performs like a traditional back space key, deleting anything to the left of the cursor, not to the right of the cursor. Am I missing something here? Is there a way to make the delete key operate like the one on a traditional keyboard?

Skydiver, you are right in the movements of the two keys on traditional keyboards; and, when I looked, the Logitech bluetooth keyboard does NOT have a backspace key, only a Delete key that operates like a traditional backspace key (deletes from right to left). However, the Kensington ipad portfolio with a built-in/detachable bluetooth keyboard DOES have both keys, but they both operate like a backspace key. The Vivitar brand ipad portfolio with built-in bluetooth keyboard ALSO had both keys, but operated only like a backspace key. I was just wondering if it had something to do with my ipad (which apparently it does since it's an Apple product based on further research), or if I was just missing something. This was just an issue I ran into while typing on my ipad with the bluetooth keyboards and I found it a bit frustrating. I am not a Mac user/owner so I was not aware that at first Apple computers did not even have a delete key, only a backspace key.
Thanks for the dialogue on this issue. I consider it closed.

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This is quoted from here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=events_11.html
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