How to now common table with tableId only

Select a record from a table when you only have the tableId

The following code can provide you a generic way to update a table when you only have the tableId.

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public Common findRecord(TableId _tableId, RecId _recId, Boolean _forUpdate = false) { Common      common; DictTable   dictTable; ; dictTable = new DictTable(_tableId); common = dictTable.makeRecord();   common.selectForUpdate(_forUpdate);   select common where common.RecId == _recId;   return common; }

If you want, you can even update fields in this common record. You can Access/edit these fields by using their Name or FieldNum. The method below will update a specific field in a table.

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public void updateValue(TableId _tableId, RecId _recId, str _field, AnyType _value) { Common      common; Int         fieldId; ; ttsbegin; common = findRecord(_tableId, _recId, true); fieldId = fieldname2id(_tableId,_field);   if (fieldId && _value) { common.(fieldId) = _value; common.update(); } ttscommit; }