Hi Devin,
The PatchFld table has unfortunately been abused over time, consider this an internal table in Epicor.
The original intension of the table was to provide a way to introduce fixes and features that would normally require a schema (Table Change) without requiring a schema change.
The PatchFld is keyed on the tablename and a set of key columns hence it doesn’t need to change to support new fields to extend tables.
Storing things in the PatchFld is not actually a problem for the system it is just not intuitive for the users trying to report off the tables, and introduces a slight performance overhead.
Other tables like this include ComXRef and Local001
local001 is designed to be used for Localization related items
Hope this helps.
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]
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Sent: 20 September 2013 21:29
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Subject: [Vantage] Patch Field
What is the patch field table do or what is it used for. I had someone for epicor use it for tax realated in formation Can someone tell what it is used or how it can be used.