Using a normal table as a temporary table
Standard Dynamics AX contains numerous temporary tables, which are used by the application and could be used in custom modifications too. Although new temporary tables can also be easily created using the AOT, sometimes it is not effective. One of the cases could be when the temporary table is very similar or exactly the same as an existing one. The goal of this recipe is to demonstrate an approach for using standard non-temporary tables to hold temporary data.
As an example, we will use the vendor table to insert and display a couple of temporary records without affecting the actual data.
How to do it...
Carry out the following steps in order to complete this recipe:
- In the AOT, create a new class named ...
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