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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Apr 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789137798
Pages 536 pages
Edition 6th Edition
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Authors (3):
Marije Brummel Marije Brummel
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David Studebaker David Studebaker
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Christopher D. Studebaker Christopher D. Studebaker
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface Introduction to Business Central Tables Data Types and Fields Pages - The Interactive Interface Queries and Reports Introduction to AL Intermediate AL Advanced AL Development Tools Successful Conclusions Assessments Other Books You May Enjoy

The SETCURRENTKEY procedure

The syntax for SETCURRENTKEY is as follows:

[BooleanValue :=] Record.SETCURRENTKEY(FieldName1,[FieldName2], ... )                  

Because Business Central is based on the SQL Server database, SETCURRENTKEY simply determines the order in which the data will be presented for processing. The actual choice of the index to be used for the query is made by the SQL Server Query Analyzer. For this reason, it is very important that the data and resources available to the SQL Server Query Analyzer are well maintained. This includes maintaining the statistics that are used by the Query Analyzer, as well as making sure that efficient index options have been defined. Even though SQL Server picks the actual index, the developer's choice of the appropriate SETCURRENTKEY parameter can have a major affect on performance.

The fields that are used in the SETCURRENTKEY command do not have to match a key in the table definition. You can also use FlowFields as fields for...
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