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Guard bulk operations with IsTemporary
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Description
An AL helper that accepts a var Rec: Record X parameter and performs a bulk operation (DeleteAll, ModifyAll, or an unfiltered loop that mutates every record) cannot tell from the signature alone whether the caller passed a temporary buffer or the real table. A misuse that passes the real table wipes or rewrites live data at production scale with no earlier warning. A single IsTemporary check at the procedure entry turns a silent-corruption risk into an early, actionable failure.
Best Practice
Any helper designed to operate on a temporary record, and that performs DeleteAll, ModifyAll, or similar bulk writes on its parameter, should call Rec.IsTemporary() at the top and raise a descriptive error when the assumption is violated. The error message should name the parameter so the misuse is easy to locate.
See sample: guard-bulk-operations-with-istemporary.good.al.
Anti Pattern
Trusting documentation or naming conventions alone to signal that a var Rec parameter is expected to be temporary. A future refactor or a copy-paste caller can pass the real table; the bulk operation then executes against production rows silently.
See sample: guard-bulk-operations-with-istemporary.bad.al.