Machine selector bug??

Question

Hi
Webtools 6 sp1
Em I right in thinking that the way the system works at the moment, a part can NOT be a component of a product line and a selected component of machine selector?
And why?
Thanks
Charles

Answer 1

Thanks Bryce,
Here's the sql statement that gets generated by NetPoint business object responsible for handling Machine selector requests. It gets generated on the IndexChange event of the Year pull-down menu.
SELECT DISTINCT TOP 200
pm.PartNo, ISNULL(pcs.PartName, pm.PartName),
ISNULL(pcs.PartDescription, pm.PartDescription),
pm.BasePrice, pm.MMImage, pm.StaticThumbnail,
pm.ProductLineFlag, ISNULL(pcs.PartType, pm.PartType)
FROM PartsMaster pm
INNER JOIN PartsCategory pc
ON pm.PartNo = pc.PartNo
INNER JOIN CatalogsCategory cc
ON pc.CategoryID = cc.CategoryID
INNER JOIN Catalogs c
ON cc.CatalogID = c.CatalogID
LEFT OUTER JOIN PartsCatalogStrings pcs
ON c.CatalogCode = pcs.CatalogCode AND pm.PartNo = pcs.PartNo
WHERE pc.CategoryID = 16
AND pm.PartNo IN (SELECT PartNo FROM PartsMachine WHERE MachineCode = 'Honda')
AND getdate() >= pm.AvailableDate
AND (getdate() <= pm.ExpireDate OR pm.ExpireDate IS NULL)
AND pm.AvailableFlag = 'Y'
AND pm.ProductLinePartNo = ''
AND pm.VariantMasterFlag = 'N'
AND cc.CatalogID = 3
ORDER BY pm.PartNo
Note the 4th line from bottom: AND pm.ProductLinePartNo = ''
In the case of my database, this field is populated with value of the ProductLine Part number for every part included in this product line.
For instance, given ProductLine A containing parts A1 A2 A3. These 3 parts (in my database) have value 'A' in the column ProductLinePartNo, which means that the aforedescribed sql script will NOT retrieve them.
Of course, I have no control on how this sql statement gets generated. And also, if I remove the 4th line, then the SQL server can pull off the missing records successfully, which leads me to think that the system can not support parts that belong to a ProductLine and MachineSelector in the same time. It seems to be one OR the other.
Regards,
Charles