Accessing temporary tables
Temporary tables, created in server memory instead of the database, are widely used to store the interim results of complex calculations. Temp tables can be used as buffers for data presented to the user, when the dataset cannot be obtained directly from a table.
An example of such dataset can be a list of certificates issued or prolonged in the past year, that have not been revoked and not yet expired. While it is possible to construct a SQL query that will collect this data from a join of several tables, C/AL code for this task will be a little more intricate and requires a temporary storage for the records.
How to do it...
In this recipe, a temporary table is used to store a list of certificates collected in a C/AL function. The table will be used as a data source for a page to present the data to the user.
Edit the codeunit 50010 Item Certificate Mgt. and declare a global function
CollectProlongedNotRevokedCertificates
. To allow the function to be called from other...