RecordRef.Rename(Any [, Any,...]) Method

Version: Available or changed with runtime version 1.0.

Changes the value of a primary key in a table.

Syntax

[Ok := ]  RecordRef.Rename(Value1: Any [, Value2: Any,...])

Parameters

RecordRef
 Type: RecordRef
An instance of the RecordRef data type.

Value1
 Type: Any
The new values for the primary key.

[Optional] Value2
 Type: Any
The new values for the primary key.

Return Value

[Optional] Ok
 Type: Boolean
true if the operation was successful; otherwise false. If you omit this optional return value and the operation does not execute successfully, a runtime error will occur.

Remarks

You cannot rename some tables. Examples of the types of tables that you cannot rename are:

• Tables in which the user is not allowed to rename the Document No. for legal or business reasons.
• Tables in which an Option data type field, such as Document Type, is part of the primary key.

Some examples of tables that you cannot rename are:

• Table 36, Sales Header
• Table 38, Purchase Header
• Table 5405, Production Order
• Table 5766, Warehouse Activity Header

If an end-user modifies a record between the time that another end-user or another process reads the record and modifies it, then the second user must refresh the value of the record variable before editing the record. Otherwise, the end-user receives the following run-time error:

Another user has modified the record for this <Table Name> after you retrieved it from the database.

Enter your changes again in the updated window, or start the interrupted activity again.

In earlier versions of Dynamics 365, certain situations allowed code that an end-user runs to modify a record after a newer version of the record was written and committed to the database. This would overwrite the newer changes. However, in Dynamics 365 Business Central, we have restricted the Modify Method (RecordRef), Rename Method (RecordRef), and Delete Method (RecordRef) so that the end-user receives the following run-time error in these certain situations:

Unable to change an earlier version of the <Table Name> record. The record should be read from the database again. This is a programming error.

You must design your application so that you use the most up-to-date version of the record for modifications to the database. You use the Get Method (RecordRef) to refresh the record with the latest version.

Example

This example shows how to change the value of the primary key of a Record variable, and how to change the value of the primary key of a RecordRef variable.

var
    CustRecRef: RecordRef;
    NewNo1: Code;
    NewNo2: Code;
    result: Boolean;
    CustomerRec: Record Customer;
begin 
    CustomerRec.Get('0112121');  
    NewNo1 := ‘9999999’;  
    NewNo2 := ‘8888888’;  
    Message('Customer name: %1; Customer number: %2',CustomerRec.Name, CustomerRec."No.");  
    result := CustomerRec.Rename(NewNo1);  
    if result then  
      Message('After rename - Customer name: %1; Customer number: %2',CustomerRec.Name, CustomerRec."No.")  
    else  
      Message('No rename.');  
    CustRecRef.GetTable(CustomerRec);  
    result := CustRecRef.Rename(NewNo2);  
    if result then begin  
      CustomerRec.Get(NewNo2);  
      Message('After rename 2 - Customer name: %1; Customer number: %2',CustomerRec.Name, CustomerRec."No.")  
    end else  
      Message('No rename.');  
end;

If a record with No. 0112121 is found, and if the renames are successful, then the following messages are displayed:

Customer name: Spotsmeyer’s Furnishings; Customer number: 0112121

After rename - Customer name: Spotsmeyer’s Furnishings; Customer number: 9999999

After rename 2 - Customer name: Spotsmeyer’s Furnishings; Customer number: 8888888

See Also

RecordRef Data Type
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