GeneXus 9.0 Upgrade Course
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The Defined By clause is added to the New command.
In previous GeneXus versions, defining a New command in a procedure sometimes didn't insert the specified records in the desired table. The new Defined By clause enables to define the table explicitly.
TABLE A
CustomerId*
CustomerName
TABLE B
TransactionId* with autonumber property set to Yes
CustomerId
Now consider the following New command:
New
TransactionId = 2
CustomerId = 4
EndNew
To insert a record in Table B you cannot specify the New command in this way because the TransactionId attribute is autonumbered and can't be assigned (you will view a message such as spc0030 Line X. Attribute XXX should not be assigned in an insert group. It has the Autonumber property set to No).
On the other hand, you cannot specify the following:
New
CustomerId = 4
EndNew
In this case, the record would be inserted in Table A.
As from this version, in these ambiguous cases you can explicitly specify the desired table of a New command by using a Defined By clause. For this reason, the last New command from the examples can now be written as shown below. In this way, you can successfully insert data in Table B.
New
Defined By TransactionId
CustomerId = 4
EndNew
Interesting links
New Command in GeneXus 8.0 Help System
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