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Upgrade check triggers do not migrate data

Description

OnCheckPreconditionsPerCompany/PerDatabase run before the upgrade to verify that it can start. OnValidateUpgradePerCompany/PerDatabase run after upgrade logic to verify that it succeeded. Treat both phases as read-only checks. The OnUpgradePerCompany/PerDatabase phase is where the platform expects actual data transformation.

Best Practice

Have check triggers call query-only helpers that raise an error when an invariant fails. Put every Insert, Modify, Delete, Rename, DataTransfer, and other migration write behind helpers called from the matching OnUpgrade... trigger.

See sample: check-only-triggers-do-not-migrate-data.good.al.

Anti Pattern

Repairing data in OnCheckPreconditions... or finishing migration in OnValidateUpgrade.... Those writes blur the phase contract and make a check alter the state it is supposed to assess.

See sample: check-only-triggers-do-not-migrate-data.bad.al.