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I have a birthday field (birthday_)c) which I'm trying to pull into a visual force email template, but when I try to save it i'm getting this error message:

Invalid field birthday_c for SObject Lead

But there is definitely a birthday field on a lead record with the salesforce name of "birthday_c".

Does anyone know why this isn't pulling into the visual force email?

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If the field is a standard field then it should be Birthdate if it is a custom field then you forgot the double underscore birthday__c

Also, you can use the field picker in the email template builder to ensure you get the correct merge fields instead of manually typing them out.

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  • the salesforce API name is "Birthday_c" which I inputted. But I also just tried "birthday" as you suggested but I just got the same error message – chiccaboom Nov 2 '15 at 16:42
  • Please reread my answer. DOUBLE underscore __c – Eric Nov 2 '15 at 16:43
  • @chiccaboom - No worries. Please mark as accepted answer if it solved your problem otherwise the question will keep surfacing as unanswered also so people looking for similar problem can find an answer – Eric Nov 2 '15 at 16:46
  • ya it won't let me do that atm, need to wait a few minutes, but will do so:) – chiccaboom Nov 2 '15 at 16:47

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