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Error: Table 2000000009 has no name

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If you get following error:

then the database is corrupted. In detail it means sql view “Session” is missing in the database! This can be a result of a crashed backup/restore process or a failed conversion process.

It can be, that View “Database File” is also missing. Although it is possible to restore the missing view e.g. from a (not changed) default cronus database, it won’t help, but you can give it a try. You can restore a new cronus database from the nav 2009 setup, subfolder SQLDemoDatabase\CommonAppData\Microsoft\Microsoft Dynamics NAV\60\Database.

In most cases it’s needed to restore the database from an earlier backup. If you do not have a backup strategy for your databases – but you should have – then export all changed nav objects as text files from the current, crashed database and start with a new database on base of a cronus database. then import/migrate the changed nav objects. after that re-compile all nav objects and restart the nav service.

Helpful Links:
http://saurav-nav.blogspot.co.at/2012/02/metadata-for-object-of-type-table-with.html

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Active Directory queries from C/AL

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I wanted to get a list of all NAV users with displayname and roles per user in a report. The data base is table “Windows Access Control”. One field should show the displayname of each user. The displayname can be read from hidden table “Windows Object”, field Name. To embed that value in the report i tried to import the field with different methods: by code and by a second, linked dataitem in the report. The result was the same in both cases: the read call (internally an AD query) of the displayname (field Name) is really very, very slow! Although AD queries are quite slow in general (the technique behind is slow), this simple report lasted over 20 minutes and longer. That is not slow, that is really a hoax. Maybe that’s a bug in Nav 2009, maybe the implementation is not very good. So i searched for an alternative solution.

In the end i developed a little automation dll to get the displayname of each user with a given domain account (field “Login ID”). With that automation the report rendering speed was quite acceptable.

This automation, i called it ActiveDirectoryLib, delivers 2 methods:
* GetDisplayName(string userName) : string
* GetUserName(string loginSID) : string

// the displayed report fieldsLogin SID | Username | Role ID | Role Name// global variablesUsername | Text | 100adLib | Automation | 'ActiveDirectoryLib'.AccountInfo// the codeWindows Access Control - OnPreDataItem()CREATE(adLib);Windows Access Control - OnAfterGetRecord()CALCFIELDS("Login ID","Role Name");Username := adLib.GetDisplayName("Login ID");IF Username = '' THEN  Username := "Login ID";Windows Access Control - OnPostDataItem()CLEAR(adLib);

You can download the file here.

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Error: Could not load the selected type library

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This is a common error, which can be caused by following reasons:

  • an automation is missing
  • the automation was missing, then installed on the system, but the nav object was not re-compiled after installation
  • a different version of the automation is expected by the nav object.

If this error occurs, check where the variable is defined (local or global variables list). After you found the variable, you will see, that the value in field Subtype is like “Unknown Automation Server.Application”. When exporting the Nav object as text file, you would find a subtype value like that: Class1@1000000010 : Automation “{D1233675-2BBA-49DD-AD90-1680A404EAD5} 1.0:{DB3E185E-C123-46C2-9C62-F4A4E81E0B8F}:’FunnyAutomation’.Class1”. If you don’t know exactly what you are missing, this strange looking subtype value can help you for research.

Next step is – and that is the importand one – remove the value in field subtype! Do not click on the Assist button first and choose the automation without removing the value. It won’t work! So, first remove the value, then click on the Assist button and search for the missing automation.

If you do not find the missing automation, then look for the setup file and install the automation. After that restart the CC Client and start this fix procedure from the beginning. If you don’t know, which automation is missing (maybe an old code, a code of a different developer, …), then start with a research, ask your colleagues, your PM, do a little web search or find an alternative solution.

If all is fine, the automation is installed and the Unknown… value was removed, find and choose the automation after clicking on the Assist button and select the needed embedded class of the automation. After that re-compile the Nav Object and test the whole thing.

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Process decimal values with different regional settings

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When importing/processing decimal values, the decimal separator is . or , according to the regional setting. Assuming you want to import decimal values with US Standard regional setting, then the separator is a point (.).

To process such decimal values, you can work with the NAV Command GLOBALLANGUAGE. That is the in NAV at runtime used language.

impValue := 0.25;impValStr := format(impValue);// check for GER and FR languageif (GLOBALLANGUAGE = 1031) OR (GLOBALLANGUAGE = 1036) then  impValStr := Convertstr(impValStr,'.'','); // replaces the point by a comma

Additional you can use the Command WINDOWSLANGUAGE. This command returns the regional system setting (the language of the OS). In common with that command you can handle every case.

for language codes follow
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd346950.aspx

links:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd338772.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd301095.aspx

You cannot create an Automation object ‘name of autom.’ on Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server. You must create it on a client computer.

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This is an error message, when trying to create an instance of an automation on a nav server vs. >= 2013. It’s only possible to create the automation instance as client instance. Creating automation instances on nav server is allowed till nav 2009.

solution:
use create(<name_of_autom.>,false,true) instead of create(<name_of_autom.>).

remarks:
you need a installed version of the automation on each client computer.

links:
create fct.: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd355255(v=nav.70).aspx
Usage of automations in nav 2013: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee909565(v=nav.70).aspx
Usage of automations in nav 2009: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee909565(v=nav.60).aspx