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I'm getting this error in a Visualforce page I'm working on.

I understand that this error comes up when you try to reference a field you haven't queried, but the problem is, I have it referenced on in my VF Page, and I don't use it specifically in my controller.

In my controller I'm using the standardController.getRecord() method to retreive the record and store it in a variable called "survey".

public with sharing class SurveyPageController {

    public Transaction_Survey__c survey {get; set;}

    public List<SelectOption> transScoreReason {get; private set;}
    public List<String> selectedReasons {get; set;}

    public SurveyPageController(ApexPages.StandardController stdController)
    {
        //stdController.addFields(new List<String>{'Transaction_Score_Other_Reason__c'});
        this.survey = (Transaction_Survey__c)stdController.getRecord();

        transScoreReason = new List<SelectOption>();
        for ( PicklistEntry e : SObjectType.Transaction_Survey__c.fields.Transaction_Score_Reason__c.getPicklistValues() )
        {
            transScoreReason.add( new SelectOption(e.getValue(), e.getLabel()) );
        }
    }
}

In my VF Page I use an apex:inputField value="{!survey.Transaction_Score_Other_Reason__c}" to get user input.

<apex:page standardController="Transaction_Survey__c" showHeader="false" sidebar="false"
                extensions="SurveyPageController"
                standardStylesheets="false">
    <apex:form>
    <div id="container" class="container">

        <apex:pageMessages id="messages" />

        <p class="question">Why did you give this rating?</p>

        <div class="response_container">
            <div class="response">
                <apex:selectCheckboxes id="response" layout="pageDirection" value="{!selectedReasons}">
                    <apex:selectOptions value="{!transScoreReason}" />
                </apex:selectCheckboxes>
                <apex:inputField value="{!survey.Transaction_Score_Other_Reason__c}" />
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    </apex:form>
</apex:page>

What I don't understand is why I'm getting this error. Of course if I uncomment the addFields() method in my conroller everything works fine, but I'd like to know why I'm getting this error to begin with.

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    I would assume this would work... but it could be because you have it wrapped inside of a <div> instead of another Salesforce component. Is there a reason you are using the <div> tags instead of a Salesforce tag? – dphil Jun 19 '15 at 18:44
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    If you can't get this to work any other way, you can try using StandardController.addFields in your controller to work around the problem. – Keith C Jun 19 '15 at 18:56
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    I don't know how particular you are about your apex testing, but if you strive for 100% test coverage, rather than use the StandardController.addFields method, you might want to add the field in the visualforce page (again) and set rendered to false. – martin Jun 19 '15 at 19:30
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    I hope my knowledge of this isn't out of date, but there was a point in time that addFields was an untestable line of code. – martin Jun 19 '15 at 20:04
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    I was able to track down a link that explains the issue quite well: raydehler.com/cloud/clod/… – martin Jun 19 '15 at 20:12
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You need to use this in the VF page to have it work:

Transaction_Survey__c.Transaction_Score_Other_Reason__c

instead of this:

survey.Transaction_Score_Other_Reason__c

As it stands, you are only referencing the field in a controller property not the actual object in the StandardController which is why you get the error.

Using what I stated will still populate the survey property correctly when updated and output the value appropriately

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