Is there simple way to update Billing address with Javascript?

Question

I'm trying to update Billing address with Custom button JavaScript.

But I can't update Billing address parts, as it seems there are taken from primary contact.

Here is example, what I want to do:

{!requireScript("/soap/ajax/26.0/connection.js")} 

var account = new sforce.SObject("Account"); 

account.id = "{!Account.Id}"; 
account.BillingStreet = "test" //here is my problem

sforce.connection.update([account]); 
window.location.reload();

Answer 1

According to the docs, Account.BillingStreet is updateable, so you might check the field level security for the running user to see if they're allowed to update that field.

Secondarily, a Visualforce Page and an Apex Controller, while more verbose then some javascript may be a better way to go, if only for the fact that APEX gets better support on this forum (I know, not much of a reason) and attention from Salesforce than the AJAX toolkit, which is a relic from the now deprecated S-Control family. (Yes, not much of a reason, I know)