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What does the 'sy_boolean;' / 'sy_guid;' / etc. comment in a database script mean?

  • 25 April 2021
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Good day,

I’ve been noticing some comments on database creation scripts such as 'sy_guid;' / 'si_autoincr;' / 'sy_boolean;', and have wondered what they mean/do.

think they might have something to do with easing things up when a DAC is generated via the Customization screen, but I’m probably completely wrong :joy::see_no_evil:

So… Does someone know what they mean, and more specifically, are there more ‘indicators’ like these that I can use?

Thanks in advance.

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Best answer by Gabriel Michaud 26 April 2021, 15:53

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Hi Chris,

Could you attach a screenshot of the place where you see this?

 

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Hi @Gabriel Michaud ,

Sure thing, it comes from the MySQL table creation syntax, e.g. here is the Account table’s syntax:

 

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Hi @chris49,

I did some digging in the code, and here’s what I found.

These markers are added by Acumatica and used as metadata for Acumatica when reading data; it helps translate the native MySql data types to the internal types used by Acumatica and to ensure consistent behaviour between SQL Server and MySql.

A good example is the NoteID field -- in SQL Server, the uniqueidentifier type is used, but in MySql, it is a char(36). To ensure this gets parsed as a GUID the marker is used by Acumatica.

The different markers used can be found in the PX.DbServices.Points.MySql.MySqlMarkers class, contained in PX.DbServices.dll:

namespace PX.DbServices.Points.MySql
{
public static class MySqlMarkers
{
public static readonly bool UseBinary16ForGuid = false;
public const string SmallDateTime = "sy_smalldate";
public const string DateTime2 = "sy_datetime2";
public const string Boolean = "sy_boolean";
public const string Guid = "sy_guid";
public const string defaultMaskNoAccess = "df_Mask00";
public const string defaultMaskReadOnly = "df_MaskAA";
public const string defaultMaskReadWrite = "df_MaskFF";
public const string SpecialIndex = "AUTOINCR_Special";
public const string TriggerStart = "TriggerStart";
public const string IndexForForeignKey = "si_forFK";
public const string IndexForUpdate = "si_tempUpd";
public const string IndexForIdentity = "si_autoincr";
public const string GuidBeforeTrigger = "'00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF'";
}
}

 

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Hi @Gabriel Michaud ,

Thank you soooo much! This is really good to know. Thank you for digging around in the code, I tried but failed.

Again, thank you!

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