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Address review: TableRelation validation carve-out, RecordRef nits
- tablerelation: fields with ValidateTableRelation/TestTableRelation = false are skipped by codeunit 134926 and may be longer (filter/totaling fields); shorter is still a finding. Add Code/Text type rule, BaseApp evidence, a ValidateTableRelation = false filter field to the good fixture, and the carve-out to the data-modeling cue. - recordref: add FindLast/Next, relabel SplitLocalTableFilter as filter splitting, mark fixtures as test-library-style helpers. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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field(1; "Code"; Code[20]) { }
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// Code[10] cannot hold every "Sample Category"."Code" value (Code[20]).
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// Compiles without a diagnostic; picking a category code longer than
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// 10 characters through the lookup fails at runtime.
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// Compiles without a diagnostic; assigning or validating a category code
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// longer than 10 characters fails at runtime.
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field(2; "Category Code"; Code[10])
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{
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TableRelation = "Sample Category"."Code";
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else
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if ("Source Type" = const(Region)) "Sample Region"."Code";
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}
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// Filter field: holds a filter expression, not one code, so it is
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// deliberately longer and opts out of relation validation.
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field(5; "Category Filter"; Code[250])
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TableRelation = "Sample Category"."Code";
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ValidateTableRelation = false;
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}
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}
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keys
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`TableRelation` points a field at another table, or at a specific field of it with `Table.Field`. The relation is also used to validate entries and to drive the lookup. A referencing field that is shorter than the related field compiles without a length diagnostic: verified with AL compiler 30.0 and the CodeCop, UICop and PerTenantExtensionCop analyzers. Compare `AL0685`, which does warn about an analogous length mismatch for a FlowField's `CalcFormula` target.
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A shorter field compiles cleanly and works for every value that happens to fit. It fails only when a real related value is longer than the field. For example, a `Code[10]` field related to a table with a `Code[20]` key fails when a user picks a 15-character code through the lookup. The runtime error reads "The length of the string is N, but it must be less than or equal to M characters."
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A shorter field compiles cleanly and works for every value that happens to fit. It fails only when a real related value is longer than the field. For example, a `Code[10]` field related to a table with a `Code[20]` key fails when a 15-character code is assigned or validated into it. The runtime error reads "The length of the string is N, but it must be less than or equal to M characters."
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The length Business Central's own relation check expects depends on whether the field has an unconditional relation:
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- **At least one unconditional relation**, either a plain `TableRelation = X` or an unconditional branch: the field must have the **exact** length of the longest related field and the same type.
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- **Only conditional relations** (`if (...) X else if (...) Y`): the field must be **at least** as long as the longest related field. A longer field is accepted, and a `Code` relation may be stored in a `Text` field.
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- **Only conditional relations** (`if (...) X else if (...) Y`): the field must be **at least** as long as the longest related field. A longer field is accepted.
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A `where(...)` filter on a relation doesn't make it conditional. For the type, the check requires the related field's type, or `Text` when the related fields mix `Code` and `Text`. Only under all-conditional relations, and only when the required type is `Code`, may the field be `Text` instead.
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The check skips any field that sets `ValidateTableRelation = false` or `TestTableRelation = false`. The Base Application sets `ValidateTableRelation = false` on filter and totaling fields, which hold a filter expression rather than one key value. Such a field may be longer than the related field. A field that is shorter than the related field is still a defect even with either property set to `false`, because a real related value still overflows it at runtime.
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The check is codeunit 134926 "Table Relation Test" in the BC test app. Its validation test is `[Scope('OnPrem')]`, so it runs only on an on-premises test surface. It is not a compile-time guarantee. See [`table-relation-test-exclude-known-invalid-relations-via-event.md`](../testing/table-relation-test-exclude-known-invalid-relations-via-event.md) for how that check evaluates relations and how to exclude a known exception.
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Before you add or change a `TableRelation`, read the declared type and length of every related field from its table definition. Lengths vary from table to table, so don't assume a typical `Code[10]` or `Code[20]`. Then size the field:
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- For an unconditional relation, give it the same type and exact length as the related field.
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- For an unconditional relation, give it the same type and exact length as the related field, unless the field holds a filter expression and sets `ValidateTableRelation = false`.
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- For an all-conditional relation, make it at least as long as the longest branch target.
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When a `tableextension` adds a branch with `modify(...)`, check the new target's length against the field's existing declaration too.
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## Anti Pattern
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A field whose declared `Code`/`Text` length is shorter than the field it relates to. One example is a `Code[10]` field with `TableRelation` to a table keyed on `Code[20]`. Another is a conditional relation where one branch targets a longer field than the declaration. Both compile without a diagnostic and fail at runtime once a real, longer value is used.
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A field whose declared `Code`/`Text` length is shorter than the field it relates to. One example is a `Code[10]` field with `TableRelation` to a table keyed on `Code[20]`. Another is a conditional relation where one branch targets a longer field than the declaration. Both compile without a diagnostic and fail at runtime once a real, longer value is used. This applies whether or not `ValidateTableRelation` or `TestTableRelation` is `false`. The Base Application has an instance: "Financial Report Schedule"."Excel Template Code" is `Code[20]` and relates, with a `where` filter, to "Fin. Report Excel Template".Code, which is `Code[50]`.
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A field that is longer than its related field under an unconditional relation is a lesser deviation. It holds every valid value, but it fails Business Central's relation test and accepts values that can never satisfy the relation.
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A field that is longer than its related field under an unconditional relation, with neither `ValidateTableRelation` nor `TestTableRelation` set to `false`, is a lesser deviation. It holds every valid value, but it is rejected by codeunit 134926's check and accepts values that can never satisfy the relation.
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See sample: [`tablerelation-field-length-must-match-related-field.bad.al`](tablerelation-field-length-must-match-related-field.bad.al).
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- [TableRelation property](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/properties/devenv-tablerelation-property): syntax `<TableName>[.<FieldName>]`, conditional `IF ... ELSE` relations, and use of the relation to validate entries.
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- [Compiler Warning (future error) AL0685](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/diagnostics/diagnostic-al685): the analogous FlowField length diagnostic, which warns that the mismatch "could result in a runtime error".
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- BCApps [`src/Layers/W1/Tests/Misc/TableRelationTest.Codeunit.al`](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/main/src/Layers/W1/Tests/Misc/TableRelationTest.Codeunit.al): line 46 says "Fields must have the exact length of the largest field they relate to". Lines 68-84 apply `Field.Len < MaxRelatedFieldLength` when every relation is conditional and `Field.Len <> MaxRelatedFieldLength` otherwise. Line 15 is `[Scope('OnPrem')]`.
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- BCApps [`src/Layers/W1/Tests/Misc/TableRelationTest.Codeunit.al`](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/main/src/Layers/W1/Tests/Misc/TableRelationTest.Codeunit.al): line 46 says "Fields must have the exact length of the largest field they relate to". Lines 48-49 skip a field unless both "Test Table Relation" and "Validate Table Relation" are true. Lines 68-84 apply `Field.Len < MaxRelatedFieldLength` when every relation is conditional and `Field.Len <> MaxRelatedFieldLength` otherwise. Line 15 is `[Scope('OnPrem')]`.
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- [ValidateTableRelation property](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/properties/devenv-validatetablerelation-property) and [TestTableRelation property](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/properties/devenv-testtablerelation-property): both default to `true`, and setting `ValidateTableRelation` to `false` should be paired with `TestTableRelation = false`.
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- Deliberately longer filter fields with `ValidateTableRelation = false` in BCApps W1 Base Application:
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- [`src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Warehouse/Request/WarehouseSourceFilter.Table.al`](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/main/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Warehouse/Request/WarehouseSourceFilter.Table.al) lines 44-49: "Variant Code Filter" `Code[100]` relates to "Item Variant".Code (`Code[10]`).
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- [`src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Finance/Analysis/AnalysisViewFilter.Table.al`](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/main/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Finance/Analysis/AnalysisViewFilter.Table.al) lines 49-54: "Dimension Value Filter" `Code[250]` relates to "Dimension Value".Code (`Code[20]`).
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- [`src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Projects/Project/Job/JobTask.Table.al`](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/main/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Projects/Project/Job/JobTask.Table.al) lines 290-295: Totaling `Text[250]` relates to "Job Task"."Job Task No." (`Code[20]`).
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- BCApps [`src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Finance/FinancialReports/FinancialReportSchedule.Table.al`](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/main/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Finance/FinancialReports/FinancialReportSchedule.Table.al) lines 48-51: "Excel Template Code" `Code[20]` relates to [`FinReportExcelTemplate.Table.al`](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/main/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Finance/FinancialReports/FinReportExcelTemplate.Table.al) field Code (`Code[50]`, line 33), an instance of the shorter-field anti-pattern.
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- BCApps [`src/Apps/W1/Subcontracting/Test/Tests/SubcCommentsAttachmentTest.Codeunit.al`](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/main/src/Apps/W1/Subcontracting/Test/Tests/SubcCommentsAttachmentTest.Codeunit.al) line 295 asserts the runtime text "The length of the string is 101".
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// Test-library-style helper (uses "Library - Utility"); not a Subtype = Test codeunit.
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codeunit 50150 "Sample Payment Terms Codes"
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// Test-library-style helper (uses "Library - Utility"); not a Subtype = Test codeunit.
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codeunit 50150 "Sample Payment Terms Codes"
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procedure GenerateUnusedPaymentTermsCode(): Code[10]
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## Description
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`RecordRef.Open(No: Integer [, Temp: Boolean] [, CompanyName: Text])` always takes a real table number. When `Temp` is `true`, though, the `RecordRef` refers to a temporary instance of that table. That instance starts empty and never contains the persisted rows. Microsoft Learn's example opens table 27 temporarily and notes that `Find('-')` "returns false" because "there are no records in a temporary table". So `IsEmpty`, `Find*`, `Get` or `Count` on a temp-opened `RecordRef` only sees rows the same code inserted into it. These calls can't answer "does this value already exist in the table?"
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`RecordRef.Open(No: Integer [, Temp: Boolean] [, CompanyName: Text])` always takes a real table number. When `Temp` is `true`, though, the `RecordRef` refers to a temporary instance of that table. That instance starts empty and never contains the persisted rows. Microsoft Learn's example opens table 27 temporarily and notes that `Find('-')` "returns false" because "there are no records in a temporary table". So `IsEmpty`, `Find*`, `Next`, `Get` or `Count` on a temp-opened `RecordRef` only sees rows the same code inserted into it. These calls can't answer "does this value already exist in the table?"
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The defect is easy to miss at the call site. `Temp` is a positional, unnamed Boolean, the table number is genuine, and the code compiles without a diagnostic. The usual shape is a generate-until-unused loop: the code sets a range on a field and repeats `until RecRef.IsEmpty()`. That loop exits on its first pass and returns a value that may already exist. The defect then shows up later as a duplicate-key error or a wrong lookup, often only once the table holds data.
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## Anti Pattern
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`RecRef.Open(<table>, true[, ...])` followed, on the same `RecordRef` and with no `Insert` into it, by `IsEmpty`, `Find`, `FindFirst`, `FindSet`, `Get` or `Count` whose result decides whether a value already exists in the table. The classic case is a uniqueness loop ending `until RecRef.IsEmpty()`.
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`RecRef.Open(<table>, true[, ...])` followed, on the same `RecordRef` and with no `Insert` into it, by `IsEmpty`, `Find`, `FindFirst`, `FindLast`, `FindSet`, `Next`, `Get` or `Count` whose result decides whether a value already exists in the table. The classic case is a uniqueness loop ending `until RecRef.IsEmpty()`.
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See sample: [`recordref-open-temp-parameter-defeats-real-table-checks.bad.al`](recordref-open-temp-parameter-defeats-real-table-checks.bad.al).
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- Legitimate `Temp = true` uses in BCApps W1:
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- [`src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Inventory/Item/ItemTempl.Table.al`](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/main/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Inventory/Item/ItemTempl.Table.al) line 1255: temporary `Item` insert plus `Validate`.
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- [`src/Apps/W1/Quality Management/app/src/Utilities/QltyFilterHelpers.Codeunit.al`](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/main/src/Apps/W1/Quality%20Management/app/src/Utilities/QltyFilterHelpers.Codeunit.al) line 942: `SetView` plus `GetFilter`.
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- [`src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Integration/SynchEngine/IntegrationRecordSynch.Codeunit.al`](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/main/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Integration/SynchEngine/IntegrationRecordSynch.Codeunit.al) line 221: `SystemIdNo`.
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- [`src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Integration/SynchEngine/IntegrationRecordSynch.Codeunit.al`](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/main/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Integration/SynchEngine/IntegrationRecordSynch.Codeunit.al) line 221: `SplitLocalTableFilter` splits a table filter, reading only `SystemIdNo` from the temporary open.
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- The changed AL object names and types — especially `* Setup` singleton tables and Card pages, custom master tables, tableextensions that add master-data fields, document or journal lines that reference a master, document pages/codeunits exposing print/email/Post-and-Send actions, codeunits subscribing to `Navigate`, enumextensions to `"Report Selection Usage"`/`"Price Calculation Handler"`/`"Price Source Type"`, and report objects that render barcodes.
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- The changed fields, keys, triggers, and procedures, weighted toward `Primary Key`, `No.`, `No. Series`, `Blocked`, `Last Date Modified`, `OnInsert`, `OnModify`, `OnRename`, reference-field `OnValidate`, posting validation, and posting-cascade `TransferFields` calls.
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- Tokens extracted from the diff that relate to data modeling (`setup`, `master`, `Primary Key`, `Code[10]`, `Code[20]`, `AutoIncrement`, `SystemId`, `No.`, `No. Series`, `NoSeriesManagement`, `Codeunit "No. Series"`, `GetNextNo`, `IsManual`, `TestManual`, `Blocked`, `TestField`, `Last Date Modified`, `Today`, `WorkDate`, `InsertAllowed`, `DeleteAllowed`, `PageType = Card`, `OnOpenPage`, `GetRecordOnce`, `OnInsert`, `OnModify`, `OnRename`, `InitRecord`, `Round`, `Precision`, `Direction`, `TableRelation`, `Text[`, `tableextension`, `enumextension`, `Media`, `MediaSet`, `Item`, `Count`, `TransferFields`, `Navigate`, `OnAfterFindRecords`, `OnBeforeShowRecords`, `Report Selections`, `Report Selection Usage`, `InsertRecord`, `Document Sending Profile`, `PrintForCust`, `PrintWithDialogForCust`, `PrintWithDialogForVend`, `SendEmailToCust`, `SendEmailToVendor`, `Report.RunModal`, `Report.Run`, `Price Calculation Handler`, `Price Calculation`, `OnFindSupportedSetup`, `Price Calculation Setup`, `Price Source Type`, `PriceSourceList`, `OnAfterAddSources`, `UpdateUnitPrice`, `PlanPriceCalcByField`, `UpdateUnitPriceByField`, `Barcode Font Provider`, `Barcode Font Provider 2D`, `EncodeFont`, `ValidateInput`).
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- Tokens extracted from the diff that relate to data modeling (`setup`, `master`, `Primary Key`, `Code[10]`, `Code[20]`, `AutoIncrement`, `SystemId`, `No.`, `No. Series`, `NoSeriesManagement`, `Codeunit "No. Series"`, `GetNextNo`, `IsManual`, `TestManual`, `Blocked`, `TestField`, `Last Date Modified`, `Today`, `WorkDate`, `InsertAllowed`, `DeleteAllowed`, `PageType = Card`, `OnOpenPage`, `GetRecordOnce`, `OnInsert`, `OnModify`, `OnRename`, `InitRecord`, `Round`, `Precision`, `Direction`, `TableRelation`, `ValidateTableRelation`, `TestTableRelation`, `Text[`, `tableextension`, `enumextension`, `Media`, `MediaSet`, `Item`, `Count`, `TransferFields`, `Navigate`, `OnAfterFindRecords`, `OnBeforeShowRecords`, `Report Selections`, `Report Selection Usage`, `InsertRecord`, `Document Sending Profile`, `PrintForCust`, `PrintWithDialogForCust`, `PrintWithDialogForVend`, `SendEmailToCust`, `SendEmailToVendor`, `Report.RunModal`, `Report.Run`, `Price Calculation Handler`, `Price Calculation`, `OnFindSupportedSetup`, `Price Calculation Setup`, `Price Source Type`, `PriceSourceList`, `OnAfterAddSources`, `UpdateUnitPrice`, `PlanPriceCalcByField`, `UpdateUnitPriceByField`, `Barcode Font Provider`, `Barcode Font Provider 2D`, `EncodeFont`, `ValidateInput`).
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A file enters the candidate worklist when its `keywords` intersect the extracted tokens or its topic (derived from the index entry's `path`, `title`, and `description`) matches a changed object type. Read an article's full file — its `## Best Practice` / `## Anti Pattern` bodies — only after it makes the worklist; candidate selection uses the index alone. When the diff contains no data-modeling changes by any of the above signals, return `outcome: "not-applicable"` without evaluating files.
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- A master table adds or changes `Last Date Modified`, `OnModify`, or `OnRename`, but the non-editable field is not assigned `Today()` in both triggers — `set-last-date-modified-in-onmodify-and-onrename`.
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- A `tableextension` appends a conditional `TableRelation` as if it overrides an earlier unconditional relation, or relation branches are otherwise designed without accounting for additive top-down evaluation — `table-relation-extensions-are-additive-and-top-down`.
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- A field declares a `TableRelation` (or a `tableextension` `modify` adds a relation branch) and the field's declared `Code`/`Text` length is shorter than the related field, or, when any relation on the field is unconditional, differs from it — `tablerelation-field-length-must-match-related-field`. Read the related field's declared length from its table definition rather than assuming one. For a field whose relations are all conditional, a field longer than the longest branch target is valid; do not flag it.
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- A field declares a `TableRelation` (or a `tableextension` `modify` adds a relation branch) and the field's declared `Code`/`Text` length is shorter than the related field, or, when any relation on the field is unconditional, differs from it — `tablerelation-field-length-must-match-related-field`. Read the related field's declared length from its table definition rather than assuming one. A field shorter than the related field is a finding in all cases, including when it sets `ValidateTableRelation = false` or `TestTableRelation = false`. Do not flag a field for being longer than its related field when its relations are all conditional, or when it sets `ValidateTableRelation = false` or `TestTableRelation = false` (filter/totaling fields).
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- A `Media` or `MediaSet` field is assigned directly between different table types or different field IDs instead of registering each shared item with `MediaSet.Insert` — `share-mediaset-items-with-insert-not-field-assignment`.
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- A custom document header assigns defaults outside an `InitRecord` boundary, calls `InitRecord` before assigning its number, or places UI-independent defaults only in a page trigger — `initialize-document-defaults-in-initrecord`.
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- Changed code subscribes to `OnAfterRemoveTableRelation`, calls `RemoveTableRelation`, or references `Codeunit "Table Relation Test"`/134926 — `table-relation-test-exclude-known-invalid-relations-via-event`.
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- Test fixture code assigns a hardcoded literal to a primary-key field or a field the test relies on as a unique lookup identifier, hand-builds a "unique" value for such a field (string concatenation, a counter, `Format(CurrentDateTime)`), or truncates `LibraryUtility.GenerateGUID()`'s result with `CopyStr` for such a field shorter than 10 characters — `use-generateguid-for-unique-test-fixture-values`. Calling `GenerateGUID()` untruncated into a full-length field, `GenerateRandomCodeWithLength` for a shorter field needing real verified uniqueness, or `GenerateRandomCode20` specifically for a `Code[20]` field, is the compliant shape, not the signal to flag. `GenerateRandomCode20` is not a substitute for `GenerateRandomCodeWithLength` on a shorter field — it truncates `GenerateGUID()`'s sequential value down to the field's length by keeping the *leftmost* characters, which change the slowest, so retries against a short field can churn through the same truncated prefix far longer than `GenerateRandomCodeWithLength`'s equivalent. A hardcoded or deterministic value in an ordinary descriptive field is not this anti-pattern — that field carries no uniqueness constraint. Do not claim `GenerateRandomCode` (without `WithLength`/`20`) or `GenerateRandomXMLText` verify uniqueness against the real table, or that `GenerateRandomCode` is collision-free even within one test run for a short field — none of that is true.
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- Changed code calls `RecordRef.Open(<table>, true[, ...])` with a literal `true` and then, on that same `RecordRef` with no `Insert` into it, uses `IsEmpty`, `Find`, `FindFirst`, `FindSet`, `Get`, or `Count` to decide whether a value already exists in the table (typically a generate-until-unused loop ending `until RecRef.IsEmpty()`) — `recordref-open-temp-parameter-defeats-real-table-checks`. A temporary open used only as a validation sandbox (`Insert` then `Validate`), to parse a view via `SetView`/`GetFilter`, or to read metadata such as `SystemIdNo` is not this anti-pattern; neither is a non-literal `Temp` argument. A call to `LibraryUtility.GenerateRandomCode` itself is owned by `use-generateguid-for-unique-test-fixture-values`, not this cue.
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- Changed code calls `RecordRef.Open(<table>, true[, ...])` with a literal `true` and then, on that same `RecordRef` with no `Insert` into it, uses `IsEmpty`, `Find`, `FindFirst`, `FindLast`, `FindSet`, `Next`, `Get`, or `Count` to decide whether a value already exists in the table (typically a generate-until-unused loop ending `until RecRef.IsEmpty()`) — `recordref-open-temp-parameter-defeats-real-table-checks`. A temporary open used only as a validation sandbox (`Insert` then `Validate`), to parse a view via `SetView`/`GetFilter`, or to read metadata such as `SystemIdNo` is not this anti-pattern; neither is a non-literal `Temp` argument. A call to `LibraryUtility.GenerateRandomCode` itself is owned by `use-generateguid-for-unique-test-fixture-values`, not this cue.
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- A test asserts against a `TestPage` field's `.Visible()` or `.Enabled()` — `use-testpage-visible-enabled-to-verify-field-ui-state`. When the assertion is against `.Editable()`, or the page is opened with `OpenEdit()` specifically to check editability — `use-testpage-editable-to-verify-field-editability`.
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- A test path raises UI and `[HandlerFunctions(...)]` does not match the invoked handlers, or the test has no meaningful evidence of the UI result (for example, it treats a Boolean set before the action as proof of success) — `ui-handlers-in-tests`. A capture/reset/assert-after-`RunModal` pattern is valid. Enqueue/dequeue and `AssertEmpty` are required only when order, count, text, replies, or a scripted sequence is part of the contract. Only nonoptional handlers have to execute: a listed handler declared `[SendNotificationHandler(true)]` or `[RecallNotificationHandler(true)]` is optional by design, so do not treat it as unmatched when the run never raises the notification.
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- A test's `[GIVEN]`/setup looks up a hardcoded code/number/name assumed to already exist instead of creating it, leaves a mandatory field on a created record empty, uses a value that doesn't satisfy the scenario's own explicit length/format requirement (for example a truncation test whose value never exceeds the field), or a scenario-defining value (amount, quantity, percentage, date, threshold, rounding precision) is generated/randomized instead of an explicit chosen value — `test-data-must-be-random-and-complete`. Generating incidental fixture values (identifiers, names, descriptions) via the standard library codeunits is the compliant shape, not the signal to flag, and neither is a short-but-valid value in an otherwise-unremarkable field.
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