Hello everybody,
today I want to notice few words about attribute IsOptional. DAC extension can be mapped by inner join, or by left join statement.
[PXTable(IsOptional = value)] // default is false, or Inner join
public class DACTableExtension : PXCacheExtension<BaseDACTable>
{
...
}
As far as I understand idea behind name, IsOptional means are there additional items from left join. And if set to true, means yes, there are, and if set to false ( default way ) there are not.
The left join way ( IsOptional = true ) can be used for
- not synched tables
- creates extension record when record in base table created or updated
- calculates default field values if no extension table record is found.
- can be used as separated DAC ( this is shocking for me from viewpoint why to make extension, which can have separated life).
The inner join ( default ) way:
- always synched
- extension records automatically created with connection to base record
- copies key column values to each extension table
- removes from original db table record when there is not corresponding extension table record
- can be used as separated DAC ( for me again this was another surprise )
If to summarise, both ways you can use as separeted DAC