avoid duplicating records

luciana

Hi to all,
how can I avoid duplicating records in a table?
If I insert a new record, I shold check the other records and look at the values were written beforee : if I have same values I should have an error message

Thanks
Luciana

mohana_cse06

IF you want to do it on No. 2 field of Item table then write

No. 2 - OnValidate()
IF "No. 2" <> '' THEN BEGIN
  Item_M.RESET;
  Item_M.SETRANGE("No. 2","No. 2");
  IF Item_M.FINDFIRST THEN
    IF Item_M."No." <> "No." THEN
      ERROR('Altery Entered.');
END;

rhpnt

Setting a primary key with the right field(s) always does the trick...

luciana

mohana_cse06 wrote:

IF you want to do it on No. 2 field of Item table then write

No. 2 - OnValidate()
IF "No. 2" <> '' THEN BEGIN
  Item_M.RESET;
  Item_M.SETRANGE("No. 2","No. 2");
  IF Item_M.FINDFIRST THEN
    IF Item_M."No." <> "No." THEN
      ERROR('Altery Entered.');
END;

I have this code on my table:

Object Number - OnValidate()
ObjectTable.RESET;
ObjectTable.SETRANGE(ObjectTable.Nr, Rec.ObjectType); 
   IF ObjectTable.FIND('-') THEN
      Rec.ObjectType := ObjectTable.Nr;

That I need to filter Number by Object Type..
Where I should put the code you suggested?

mohana_cse06

I have just given an example..based on that you have to create your logic..

where do you want to have this logic? in which table and which field? what are the primary keys of that table?

Sog

after "IF ObjectTable.FIND('-') THEN"
begin
lvarRec.setrange(objecttype,objecttable.Nr);
lvarrec.setrange("object number","Object number");
lvarrec.setfilter("primary key",'<>%1',"primary key");//if you modify the record and this piece of code is called, you won't get the error)
if not lvarrec.isempty then
error('already did this');
rec.objecttype := objecttable.nr;

But I suggest to have a decent primary key, so you won't have to write this code. Because:
No PK: if you insert a record in this table without calling the validation, it will be inserted without error.
PK: same but with error.

luciana

I apologize for editing this post.
I forgave to set the primary key I needed.
Problem solved.
Thanks

Luciana