When debugging some Ax code the other day, I stumbled upon some good looking but not working code. What at first sight looked OK, missed a small but vital detail.
The code involved the use of the
changecompany keyword. It's an easy approach for reading records from different company accounts within one Ax database.
The syntax is pretty straightforward:
changecompany('id')
{
// record handling
}
Put the record handling between accolades and you are good to go. But...
Example of some disfunctional code:
static void MyExample(Args _args)
{
DataArea DataArea;
CustTable CustTable;
;
while select DataArea
where !DataArea.isVirtual
{
changecompany(DataArea.id)
{
while select CustTable
where CustTable.Name like 'A*'
{
info(strfmt("%1 %2 %3",CustTable.dataAreaId,CustTable.AccountNum,CustTable.Name));
}
}
}
}
The above does not work or gives unreliable results.
What to do: You have to reset your table variable, after the changecompany but before your perform the record handling..
Example of some working code:
static void MyExample(Args _args)
{
DataArea DataArea;
CustTable CustTable;
;
while select DataArea
where !DataArea.isVirtual
{
changecompany(DataArea.id)
{
CustTable=null; // remember to reset the record object
while select CustTable
where CustTable.Name like 'A*'
{
info(strfmt("%1 %2 %3",CustTable.dataAreaId,CustTable.AccountNum,CustTable.Name));
}
}
}
}
