Why type field cann't queryed from salesforce task object

Question

If we query type field

SELECT Type FROM Task

It will thorough the error as "No such type of column 'Type' on entity 'Task'".

But if we see in the App Setup->Customize->Activities->Task Fields

We will find 'type' field as picklist

superfell · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-19 04:46:06Z

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Check field level security settings to make sure its not being hidden.

answered Apr 19, 2013 at 4:46

superfell

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Yes,you are right but why it is not enabled by default
– Ugesh Gali
Apr 19, 2013 at 4:54
@Superfell, I actually find this contradictory to what docs suggest. As per docs Apex generally runs in system context; that is, the current user's permissions, field-level security, and sharing rules aren’t taken into account during code execution. If we use "with sharing", still in that case as well as per docs Enforcing sharing rules by using the with sharing keyword doesn’t enforce the user's permissions and field-level security. Apex code always has access to all fields and objects in an organization, ensuring that code won’t fail to run because of hidden fields or objects for a user.
– Shailesh Deshpande
Apr 19, 2013 at 5:30
So why would the Type field not be accessible in the query? Am i thinking too much or is there any reason to the field not being accessible?
– Shailesh Deshpande
Apr 19, 2013 at 5:31
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that only applies to triggers.
– superfell
Apr 20, 2013 at 2:58

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