bcquality/microsoft/knowledge/performance/avoid-findfirst-with-next.md
Jesper Schulz-Wedde 62dabf9a11 Co-locate AL samples next to their knowledge articles
The /samples/ top-level tree is replaced with sibling files in each
knowledge-layer folder. An article and its demonstrations now live
side-by-side:

  microsoft/knowledge/<domain>/<slug>.md
  microsoft/knowledge/<domain>/<slug>.good.al
  microsoft/knowledge/<domain>/<slug>.bad.al

Rationale:
- Proximity. An article and its paired samples are one unit; the
  filesystem now reflects that.
- Layer ownership. Samples inherit layer precedence for free -- a
  /custom/ fork can override an article and its samples atomically,
  which the shared /samples/ tree previously made awkward.
- Trivial migration path. Action-skill source globs
  (*/knowledge/<domain>/**/*.md) are unchanged; sample discovery is a
  sibling-filename lookup.

Changes:
- git mv of all 65 sample files from samples/<domain>/<slug>/{bad,good}.al
  to microsoft/knowledge/<domain>/<slug>.{bad,good}.al (history preserved).
- Update See-sample references in all 37 articles that ship samples.
- skills/read.md: replace the no-code-blocks bullet with a pointer to a
  new Sample files section that fully specifies the sibling convention,
  the kinds (good/bad + forward-compatible), multi-technology rules,
  demonstration-only status, and layer-precedence behaviour.
- skills/write.md: update the samples pointer to match.
- README.md: annotate the knowledge tree with the sample sibling shape.
- samples/README.md deleted; content lifted into skills/read.md.
- Both generators (C:\temp\gen_performance_knowledge.py,
  C:\temp\gen_security_knowledge.py) updated to emit at the new paths
  and to stop writing samples/README.md. Re-running them is idempotent
  against the committed layout.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-04-17 13:45:33 +02:00

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bc-version: [26..28]
domain: performance
keywords: [findfirst, findlast, get, next, aa0233]
technologies: [al]
countries: [w1]
application-area: [all]
---
# Do not pair FindFirst, FindLast, or Get with Next
> **Seed article.** Converted from an existing performance-review prompt to bootstrap the BCQuality performance corpus. Domain stewards should expand, restructure, and refine as needed.
## Description
CodeCop rule AA0233 flags loops that start with FindFirst, FindLast, or Get and then call Next. FindFirst and FindLast retrieve a single row and reposition the cursor; calling Next after them forces the platform to re-seek and stream the rest of the set, which is slower than the correct FindSet pattern and signals intent incorrectly to reviewers and the optimizer.
## Best Practice
Choose the Find variant that matches the operation: FindSet for full iteration, FindFirst or FindLast when you want exactly one row, Get when the primary key is known. Never call Next after FindFirst, FindLast, or Get.
## Anti Pattern
Writing `if Rec.FindFirst() then repeat ... until Rec.Next() = 0` is the canonical AA0233 offender. The loop wastes bandwidth and obscures the author's intent.
See sample: `avoid-findfirst-with-next.bad.al`.