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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

You're reading from   Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Build customized business applications with the latest tools in Dynamics 365 Business Central

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789137798
Length 536 pages
Edition 6th Edition
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Christopher D. Studebaker Christopher D. Studebaker
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David Studebaker David Studebaker
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Marije Brummel Marije Brummel
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Preface 1. Introduction to Business Central FREE CHAPTER 2. Tables 3. Data Types and Fields 4. Pages - The Interactive Interface 5. Queries and Reports 6. Introduction to AL 7. Intermediate AL 8. Advanced AL Development Tools 9. Successful Conclusions 10. Assessments 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

INSERT function

The purpose of the INSERT function is to add new records to a table. The syntax for the INSERT function is as follows:

[BooleanValue :=] Record.INSERT ( [ TriggerControlBoolean ] )

If BooleanValue is not used and the INSERT function fails (for example, if the insertion would result in a duplicate primary key), the process will terminate with an error. Generally, we should handle a detected error in code using the BooleanValue and supplying our own error-handling logic, rather than allow a default termination.

The TriggerControlBoolean value controls whether or not the table's OnInsert trigger fires when the INSERT occurs. The default value is FALSE. If we let the default FALSE control, we run the risk of not performing error checking that the table's designer assumed would be run when a new record was added.

When we are reading a table, and we also need to INSERT records into that same table, the INSERT should be done to a separate instance of the table. We can...
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