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EXTERNAL as field name in SQL Server 2005


Maybe you already ran into the issue that you are using Dynamics AX 4.0 SP1 with SQL Server 2005. You are trying to create a new table in AOT with a column called “external”.

You recognize, that during the synchronization of the table with SQL Server the following error messages are shown in the InfoLog:

The reason for this is, that with SQL Server 2005 “external” was introduced as a new keyword (used with “CREATE FUNCTION”).

Reserved Keywords (Transact-SQL)
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189822.aspx

CREATE FUNCTION (Transact-SQL)
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186755.aspx

The solution for this is to rename your column to a different name and not to use “external” as column name anymore.

–author:Alexander Lachner
–editor:Alexander Lachner
–date:29/04/2009

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