Questions tagged [locking]
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Using Flow, is there a way to update a single field only for all records in a collection of records
I want to update a single field in a collection of Account records. In the Update Records Element, the only option that accepts a collection is 'Use the IDs and all field values from a record or ...
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UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW on ContentFolder when attempting to create ContentDocument
Recently the primary admin user of a production org has intermittently different types of jobs and batches failing with the following error:
"First error: Insert failed. First exception on row 0;...
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Avoid parent record locking
Our customer are using the standards apis to insert record of different types that have the same parent record.
UPDATE : Two of these records are the detail record of a MDR while the others are linked ...
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Unable to lock row or deadlock issue
We have over 200 test methods in the org and since I started creating some test classes for my own Sandbox I have ran into issues with the following error but may vary by method:
System.DmlException: ...
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Is it possible to reliably determine that a QueryException in Apex is a Row Lock Exception?
I'd like to create a standard in my company for handling concurrency in asynchronous processes. For this I need to reliably detect a row locking exception and differentiate it from any other kind of ...
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System.QueryException: Record Currently Unavailable
Im getting the following error:
caused by: System.QueryException: Record Currently Unavailable: The record you are attempting to edit, or one of its related records, is currently being modified by ...
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Campaign Record Lock After Status Update
I want to "Lock" Campaign records for standard users once the Status field is changed to Completed, by the record owner. After it has been changed, the standard user should not be able to ...
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Record is not getting locked in via Approval Process
We have enabled a approval process with initial action as "Lock the Record", once the record is submitted on criteria met in the field history we could see the record is locked. But in the ...
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Record Lock in salesforce
How to record lock once status is completed as per UI, but in backend using automation process we can like roll up field ,record can be updated
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Generic way to handle record locking errors in a flow?
We have locking errors when creating records (e.g. a contact locks on household) or updating records with flows. As this is a common problem I was wondering why there is no generic APEX Action that ...
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Filter Criteria or Decision Element in a Record Triggered Flow using an Update Record element
After some advice on the best practice approach to updating records in a Flow.
I have a few flows that sum values of related records and update the parent with that summed value. I have set up the ...
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How to implement read lock on record in salesforce?
We have a requirement to implement the read lock on record such that no other transaction can read that record until the first transaction is completed or committed and other transaction have to wait ...
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How does Record locking behave in master-detail-sub-detail hierarchy?
In the ERD below all the objects are linked by MDR.
If I update a record in detail 3 I understand that detail 2 would get locked. Would detail 1 and master get locked as well?
How would I test this?
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What are possible side effects of having fields on User object which should be frequently updated?
For integration purposes I would like to store a few custom fields on User object which should be updated 10-30 times per day.
Is it considered a good practice to have such fields on User object?
Are ...
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Stress-test and prove limit-scalability of Asynchronous code
Giving my question a proper title was hard as I am only partially sure what I am actually looking for - solution-wise.
In our fully native (no AWS or Functions backend) Managed Package many ...
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How do I test record locking?
Say I want to prove to myself that when I delete a detail record, the master record is locked. How would I do that?
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Can multiple async methods updating same record can create row lock issue
Does multiple asynchronous process like Queueable, future etc running concurrently that are updating same record create row lock issues.
We are facing row lock issues in async transactions that ...
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UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW too soon
According to Salesforce's documentation a transaction can wait for up to 10 seconds before throwing an exception with the code "UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW". Yet I get the following scenario:
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Is "FOR UPDATE" available in dynamic SOQL?
The SOQL doc states that FOR UPDATE is available for inline SOQL
To lock a set of sObject records in Apex, embed the keywords FOR UPDATE after any inline SOQL statement. For example, the following ...
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Safely replace a packaged Master-Detail with Lookup
My active 1GP Managed Package app suffers from Account and Data skew (with ROW LOCKING) because we made a custom object AccountItem__c a child in a Master-Detail relation (MDR) ship with Account.
As ...
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Transactions Committed After Lock Not Queryable?
I have created a function that is:
Run every hour in a batch job.
May be called on demand.
May be called on-demand by a webservice method.
It is summarised as follows:
Lock the parent records.
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Inconsistent InsertDE /Lookup AmpScript results during Email send (locking?)
I'm developing a global Marketing Cloud log which logs the assetID each send job utilizes, but having inconsistent results with being able to write and then retrieve a value within the same send.
The ...
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Custom setting insertion contributing to Lock Row exception which finally causes to ConcurrentLongRunning Transactions
We recently faced ConcurrentLongRunning exceptions in our org. We resolved a few rest entry points which SF Support team suggested but few I am not sure if SF Support team analysis is correct.
We have ...
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How to update records which also are updated by by batch process
We currently have a batchprocess running from a managed package which runs every day for almost the whole day to update records of an object. When a user tries to do an update on this object we have a ...
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Is a SOQL query with FOR UPDATE enough to safely delete a record?
I have a scenario where an external system is calling the Salesforce API, causing a trigger to run. That trigger needs to delete EmailMessage records where the RelatedTo field is an Account.
We're ...
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I would like to just copy the data from formula field(related to user role) to a text field in opportunity so I could lock the opp when closed
I have formula filed Region which is calculated from user role. This field being formula field is dynamic and is changed every time owner of the Opportunity changes his role in a org. Since its a ...
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A non-admin user claims she was able to edit a record which is programmatically locked but now she cannot
As far as I know a programmatically locked record can only be edited by an admin user and current situation seems normal to me.
Note: Locking is also done from a component she uses.
This is the only ...
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This error occurred: UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW: unable to obtain exclusive access to this record
I know there are a lot of topics about lock issues, but I couldn't find one which relates to my case. I have field DaysInTarget__c, which is updated daily when an opportunity is in Target stage. Also ...
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How to replicate a UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW error in a unit test
We've been seeing the UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW issue in our prod org. I've created a retry for DML actions facing this issue to sleep for a certain number of milliseconds between each try and try for a ...
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Remove rollups to reduce lock time?
We have some occasional row lock errors. The object in question has a master-detail relationship to Account, and another custom child relationship as well. So three objects linked together via master-...
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UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW error on user object triggered by platform event trigger only during deployment of destructiveChanges.xml
We have a platform event trigger that fires when users login. It fires hundreds of times per week and does not throw any errors.
Three times in the past week, it has thrown an UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW ...
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Initial submitter can edit and reject records in approval process
I have a user (or any user in fact), who has a Standard salesforce profile, IE not a System Admin profile, who's able to edit and even reject opportunities that he submitted. He should not be able to ...
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Record not getting locked using Approval.lock apex
My requirement is to make a record read only when value of a field changes to 'Inactive'.
I read that records can be locked using approval.lock in Apex.
Hence, I was trying to use Approval.lock record ...
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Do Master Records (in a Master-detail Relationship) Get Locked?
Suppose the following:
There's a master-detail relationship between two custom objects
There are no roll-up summary fields on the master object
There are no declarative automations or Apex triggers ...
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Custom Text field is not editable in Edit layout
I have added a custom field to the edit layout of the Order Product object, which appears after I click on Add Products button on the Order record page, in the Order products-related list. But I am ...
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Can SELECT FOR UPDATE release before transaction end?
As per Salesforce documents, I understand that when using SELECT FOR UPDATE the records will not released until the end of transaction.
I use SELECT FOR UPDATE but still find error UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW ...
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Exposing IsLocked Field in Scratch Orgs
I'm in the process of converting an existing project to leverage Scratch Orgs. Our Production Org uses Approval Processes extensively, and so we have some Apex that does record unlocking and locking ...
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Does Database.rollback on a savepoint release Select for Update locks
I'm trying to understand Salesforce's locking mechanism. I ran a test which does the following:
Calls Database.setSavepoint().
Issues a Select for Update query.
Calls Database.rollback(savepoint).
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Apex - send Account Unlock email
Is there a way to trigger the account unlock emails via Apex?
I'm trying to setup a self-service solution where users can enter their username via a form and get the account unlock email, instead of ...
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Need to set the custom object's list view records un-editable
I have a custom object list view .In that list view some column records should not be editable.is there any way to achieve that .Thanks..:)
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Unusual Request: Prevent Navigation away from Opportunity
I've never been asked this before, and from what I've seen there isn't much out there.
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Users are not completing their tasks on an opportunity before moving to the next sales opportunity or ...
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UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW
Error while saving Quote Lines:SBQQ.ValidationException: [": execution of AfterInsert caused by: System.DmlException: Insert failed. First exception on row 0; first error: UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW, unable ...
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SOQL - concurrent reads of rows when FOR UPDATE clause is used
Below is our scenario:
We have a requirement to tag unique number to self service applications which are created through customer community.
We tried to use salesforce auto number but our client had ...
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Is this a good Model for "Guaranteeing" Record Updates Don't Fail due to ROW_LOCK/Race Conditions?
Background: The zqu__Quote__c object in our org has two child objects from another managed package we use for eSignature and credit card capture. One of those two child objects collects the Credit ...
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Does locking of account lock related contact during insert?
I have a WSDL Apex service that consumes XML and creates a series of objects.
XML received and parsed, queries for and finds a single account "Potential Customer" to relate potential customer ...
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Is there a way to prevent SOQL from returning records that have been locked with FOR UPDATE?
If I have a class that is using FOR UPDATE to lock a record. Is there a way to prevent another instance of that class from calling those records that have been locked before the previous class is done ...
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Is there any locking of cases or delay in CRUD operations after updating case assignment rules?
If I update case assignment rules are there any locking or differences such as query delays that I should consider?
The documentation does not specifically list update assignment rule considerations ...
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Does the FOR UPDATE field apply to reference fields?
If do a query like [SELECT Opportunity.Name, Product2.Name FROM OpportunityLineItem FOR UPDATE], is the Opportunity and Product2 locked, or just the OpportunityLineItem? I'm trying to set a field on ...
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Avoid new record race conditions with FOR UPDATE [closed]
Under simple circumstances FOR UPDATE does only respect records that existed when the query was executed. But I need all available records matching my query when the transaction proceeds.
Let me ...
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Spin locks with variable time retry backoffs
Use Case
After insert triggers start Queueable
Queueable execute() contends for same resource, uses spin lock to wait for resource availability. Many queueables could be running at same time.
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