Rick,
I have managed to get MRP to work in test companies fine - just did this again in 2013 for the express purpose of validating this wasn't a newly introduced problem - my build is 12.00.1570 (GP2013 SP2). I don't know how much experience you have creating test companies, but it is imperative to follow the instructions laid out in the following KB871973:
support.microsoft.com/.../871973
Most importantly run the following SQL Script against the company database after you copy it from your Live DB to your Test DB:
if exists (select 1 from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS where TABLE_NAME = 'SY00100') begin
declare @Statement varchar(850)
select @Statement = 'declare @cStatement varchar(255)
declare G_cursor CURSOR for
select case when UPPER(a.COLUMN_NAME) in (''COMPANYID'',''CMPANYID'')
then ''update ''+a.TABLE_NAME+'' set ''+a.COLUMN_NAME+'' = ''+ cast(b.CMPANYID as char(3))
else ''update ''+a.TABLE_NAME+'' set ''+a.COLUMN_NAME+'' = ''''''+ db_name()+'''''''' end
from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS a, '+rtrim(DBNAME)+'.dbo.SY01500 b
where UPPER(a.COLUMN_NAME) in (''COMPANYID'',''CMPANYID'',''INTERID'',''DB_NAME'',''DBNAME'')
and b.INTERID = db_name() and COLUMN_DEFAULT is not null
and rtrim(a.TABLE_NAME)+''-''+rtrim(a.COLUMN_NAME) <> ''SY00100-DBNAME''
order by a.TABLE_NAME
set nocount on
OPEN G_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM G_cursor INTO @cStatement
WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS <> -1)
begin
exec (@cStatement)
FETCH NEXT FROM G_cursor INTO @cStatement
end
close G_cursor
DEALLOCATE G_cursor
set nocount off'
from SY00100
exec (@Statement)
end
else begin
declare @cStatement varchar(255)
declare G_cursor CURSOR for
select case when UPPER(a.COLUMN_NAME) in ('COMPANYID','CMPANYID')
then 'update '+a.TABLE_NAME+' set '+a.COLUMN_NAME+' = '+ cast(b.CMPANYID as char(3))
else 'update '+a.TABLE_NAME+' set '+a.COLUMN_NAME+' = '''+ db_name()+'''' end
from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS a, DYNAMICS.dbo.SY01500 b
where UPPER(a.COLUMN_NAME) in ('COMPANYID','CMPANYID','INTERID','DB_NAME','DBNAME')
and b.INTERID = db_name() and COLUMN_DEFAULT is not null
order by a.TABLE_NAME
set nocount on
OPEN G_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM G_cursor INTO @cStatement
WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS <> -1)
begin
exec (@cStatement)
FETCH NEXT FROM G_cursor INTO @cStatement
end
close G_cursor
DEALLOCATE G_cursor
set nocount off
end
