Re: [development] Field "body" no longer part of node table in 4.7 - looking for guidance on what to change

Nedjo Rogers wrote:

You can of course do a node_load($nid). But if you need to manually load data (e.g., so you can do a custom select), then, yes, you need to do a join on {node_revisions}. Examples are in the core modules--searc for "{node_revisions}". I don't see this in the module update instructions--I'll add in a note (unless on second look I find it already there).

there is a subpage of the upgrading page that covers the new revisions system.