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DataTransfer.CopyRows() Method

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Version: Available or changed with runtime version 10.0.

Copies the rows from the source table to the destination table with the fields selected with AddFields and the filters applied with AddSourceFilter, in one bulk operation in SQL.

Syntax

 DataTransfer.CopyRows()

Parameters

DataTransfer
 Type: DataTransfer
An instance of the DataTransfer data type.

Remarks

The DataTransfer object can only be used in upgrade code and it will throw an runtime error if used outside of upgrade codeunits.

Use this method to copy data in rows of a table to rows in another table. For more information, see Transferring Data Between Tables.

Note

Copying the SystemID and data audit fields using CopyRows is supported in Business Central version 21.5 and later.

Example

In this code example, you copy the PK and S3 fields in the Source table for all rows where S2 equals A and add them as new rows in the Destination table. You use AddConstantValue method to give the field D2 the value X in the inserted rows.

local procedure CopyRows()
var
    dt: DataTransfer;
    src: Record Source;
    dest : Record Destination;
begin
    dt.SetTables(Database::Source, Database::Destination);
    dt.AddFieldValue(src.FieldNo("PK"), dest.FieldNo("PK"));
    dt.AddFieldValue(src.FieldNo("S3"), dest.FieldNo("D3"));
    dt.AddConstantValue('X', dest.FieldNo(D2));
    dt.AddSourceFilter(src.FieldNo("S2"), '=%1', 'A');
    dt.CopyRows();
end;

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