current.update() vs gr.update() difference

[ankit_sharma487]

                                      current.update() vs gr.update() difference

[Aakash Shah4 · Accepted solution]

Hi Ankit,

current.update() will act on the current table i.e the table on which the script is running(Server side).

gr.update() will act on the table which you are querying.

For example

var gr = new GlideRecord('incident');

This gr over here is an object of class GlideRecord which is refering the table incident hence gr.update() will update the records on the incident table.

Now if this line is written on a Business Rule which is running on change_Request table

the current.update() will update the records on the change table and gr.update() will update the records on incident table.

I hope this explains the difference.

[Sharique Azim]

Addition to what is mentioned, current.update() should not be used in before Business rule.

[Aakash Shah4]

Actually it should not be used in any type of business rule.

Here is a nice blog explaining the same

Never use current.update in a Business Rule

[Reddy31]

Current.update() will perform action on the current record... Which triggerd that action.

gr.update() will update the record which is assigned to 'gr' object.

For instance... If your are querying a incident or change or any other table and you store the queries record in your 'gr' variable.. that record will be updated.

make sure you don't use current.update in query business rule it might create a loop.. at some point if that's necessary make sure you don't trigger other functionalities like br and notifications... You use mention 

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