Chapter 2. Tables
When done well, software is invisible. | ||
| --Bjarne Stroustrup | ||
Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost. | ||
| --Bjarne Stroustrup | ||
The foundation of any system is the data structure definition. In NAV, the building blocks of this foundation are the tables and the individual data fields that the tables contain. Once the overall analysis and process definition has been completed, any new design work must begin with the data structure. For NAV, that means the tables and their contents.
A NAV table includes much more than just the data fields and keys. A NAV table definition also includes data validation rules, processing rules, business rules, and logic to ensure referential integrity. The rules are in the form of properties and C/AL code.
In this chapter, we will learn about the structure and creation of tables. Details about Fields, the components of tables, will be covered in the following chapter. Our topics in this chapter include:
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