Table cannot be exported as Text

beboelke · 2017-12-11

Version 2015 R2. A colleague added two fields to a custom table on a customer database, and when he now attempts to export the object as Text he gets "The type '5044' was not defined for the function". I found a very old posting with the same error but a different "type" which referenced deleting/recreating keys. Tried that with no effect. I cannot find anything odd about the table, but can't say it has ever been exported as text, and I have been unable to find any previous discussions other than one here where the type was 4994 (https://forum.mibuso.com/discussion/18216/the-type-4994-was-not-defined-for-the-function). Any pointers would be appreciated.

vaprog · 2017-12-13

As you can see in the referenced thread, the error there was caused by importing an object created in a later version of NAV in binary form into an older version.

So, try to import the object in binary form into a later version, export it as text from there, then import it as text into the older. This will likely fail, but it will tell you, where in the file it failed. Edit the text object and import.

In the other thread, the type number mentioned there referred to the "Clustered" property. Please tell us, what your number referred to (what you had to remove or modify to let it import as text and compile).

vaprog · 2017-12-13

As you can see in the referenced thread, the error there was caused by importing an object created in a later version of NAV in binary form into an older version.

So, try to import the object in binary form into a later version, export it as text from there, then import it as text into the older. This will likely fail, but it will tell you, where in the file it failed. Edit the text object and import.

In the other thread, the type number mentioned there referred to the "Clustered" property. Please tell us, what your number referred to (what you had to remove or modify to let it import as text and compile).

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