Not able to change the name of a contact from a vf page?

Question

VF Code

<apex:page controller="Buffer">
    <apex:form >
        <apex:pageBlock >
             <apex:pageBlockButtons location="top">
                <apex:commandButton value="Save" action="{!SaveMethod}"/>
            </apex:pageBlockButtons>
            <apex:pageBlockTable value="{!c}" var="t">
                <apex:column headerValue="Name">
                    <apex:inputText value="{!t.Name}"/>
                </apex:column>
            </apex:pageBlockTable>
        </apex:pageBlock>
    </apex:form>
</apex:page>

Apex Code

public class Buffer 
{
    public List<Contact> c {get;set;}
    public String ids{set;get;}
    
    public Buffer()
    {
        ids=ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().get('id');
        c = new List<Contact>([select Name from Contact where id=:ids]);
    }
    
     public PageReference SaveMethod()
    {
        update c;
        return new PageReference('/'+ids);
    }    
}

I am trying to change the name of the contact and click Save, but the name of the contact remains the same and doesn't get changed.

Could anyone please let me know what exact change can be done to the code so that I can edit the name of the contact and save it successfully from the vf page.

Answer 1

You can't edit the Name field; it is a compound field that uses FirstName, MiddleName (if enabled), Last Name, and Suffix. You need to edit the individual fields, instead.

<apex:column headerValue="First Name">
  <apex:inputField value="{!t.FirstName}" />
</apex:column>
<apex:column headerValue="Last Name">
  <apex:inputField value="{!t.LastName}" />
</apex:column>

Also, note that you need to query a field in order to use it:

c = [select FirstName,LastName from Contact where id=:ids];