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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

By : Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker
Book Image

Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

By: Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a full ERP business solution suite with a robust set of development tools to support customization and enhancement. These tools can be used to tailor Business Central's in-built applications to support complete management functions for finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations. Using a case study approach, this book will introduce you to Dynamics 365 Business Central and Visual Studio Code development tools to help you become a productive Business Central developer. You'll also learn how to evaluate a product's development capabilities and manage Business Central-based development and implementation. You'll explore application structure, the construction of and uses for each object type, and how it all fits together to build apps that meet special business requirements. By the end of this book, you'll understand how to design and develop high-quality software using the Visual Studio Code development environment, the AL language paired with the improved editor, patterns, and features.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Successful Conclusions

FIND ([Which]) options and the SQL Server alternatives

Let's review the FIND procedure option's syntax variations:

[BooleanValue :=] RecordName.FIND ( [Which] ) 

The [Which] parameter allows you to specify which record is searched for, relative to the defined key values. The defined key values are the set of values currently in the fields of the active key in the memory-resident record of the RecordName table.

The following table lists the Which parameter options and prerequisites:

The second table lists the FIND options, which are specific to SQL Server, as follows:

For all FIND options, the results always respect the applied filters.

The FIND('-') procedure is sometimes used as the first step of reading a set of data, such as reading all of the sales invoices for a single customer. In such a case, the NEXT procedure is used to trigger all subsequent data reads after the sequence is initiated with FIND('-'). Generally, FINDSET should be used...