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How do I increase my code coverage, or why can't I cover these lines?
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How do I write an Apex unit test?
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How do I get started working with JSON in Apex?
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How do I start to debug my own Apex code?
Sometimes questions are posted here that would best be answered by helping the questioner learn how to do their own debugging. (Remember that proverb?) I'd like to have something to link to on this ...
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End of javascript sidebar workarounds? (Salesforce Classic / Aloha)
Reading through this doc:
Docs.releasenotes.salesforce
We replaced the rich text editor in HTML Area home page components
with a new version that supports more markup but doesn’t allow HTML to
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How to write a unit-test / test class for trigger?
How do I write a unit-test / test class for a trigger?
What are my options?
Inline with the trigger?
New Class?
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General trigger bulkification - best practices
A general question asked from time to time on stack exchange is question of trigger bulkification.
Therefore I have 2 questions:
Which best practices are you using?
What is the best way to handle ...
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What are Salesforce ID's composed of?
I remember seeing somewhere that IDs are composed of a few pieces. I always have a hard time trying to find that information when I'm looking for it. What I mean by the above is that the various ...
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How do I start to debug my own Visualforce/JavaScript?
This question is intended to complement How do I start to debug my own Apex code? as sometimes questions are asked here that could most easily sorted out by the questioner using their browser's "...
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How do I bulkify queries for directly or indirectly related records?
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How to deserialize a JSON String to Apex
How can I deserialize this json object:
{
"response": {
"count": 1,
"benchmark": 0.22567009925842,
"requests": [
{
"request": {
...
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Get lists of dependent picklist options in Apex
I have a pair of dependent picklists. In Apex code, how can I determine what options are valid in the dependent field for each option in the controlling field?
I've tried using getPicklistValues(), ...
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System.Exception: Too many SOQL queries: 101 [duplicate]
I am getting a Too many SOQL queries: 101 error on a trigger when I am trying to deploy another trigger.
I am posting the trigger which is causing the error.
trigger rollupAccountShowings on Account ...
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How do I unit test code that includes a callout?
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Changing colors of lightning-button
How can I change the colors of lightning-button?
I tried doing this in my css:
.my-button {
background-color: #14a6bc;
color: #ffffff;
}
and applying that class to my <lightning-button&...
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How can I get a debug log for the sites guest user/public profile? [updated for Spring 18]
Normally, you can put debug monitoring on a user by name to see the details on the error they're getting (especially for the non-descript Error Loading a Visualforce Page).
But when you are trying to ...
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Workbench: read error on connection to ...amazonaws.com when executing SOQL in interactive mode
I was happily using Workbench as usual then after dinner I started receiving error message "UNKNOWN ERROR: read error on connection to ec2-34-194-152-137.compute-1.amazonaws.com:6379" for ...
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Expression Functions for Lightning Web Components
How can expression functions similar to Visualforce and Lightning Aura Components be achieved within lightning web components?
For example, <template if:true={index % 5 == 0}><br></...
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Which external Javascript libraries work with Lightning Locker Service?
Components often seem to work with external libraries until the Locker Service is enabled. What libraries work with locker service enabled and where can I go to find out?
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Lead Conversion Trigger Order of Execution
I've got a project where I'm looking to tweak the standard lead conversion process.
Triggers and lead conversion has always been funky in past projects so I was hoping to start the design off by ...
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Uncaught TypeError: 'set' on proxy: trap returned falsish for property Name
Am not doing anything fancy, just trying to update a field on Contact in JS of LWC but getting this exception.
Uncaught TypeError: 'set' on proxy: trap returned falsish for property 'Name'
throws at ...
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System.CalloutException: You have uncommitted work pending
I have same exception can please Click Here
The previous post issue is resolved.
Exception: :System.CalloutException: You have uncommitted work pending. Please commit or rollback before calling out
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apex String instanceof Object?
given: Map<String, String> m = new Map<String, String>();
m instanceof Map<String, Object> is always true
then why is m instanceof Map<Object, Object> always false?
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What would be the best approach to get the recordtype id
I know of two approaches to get the recordtype id of a particular record type
Use SOQL
RecordType RecType = [Select Id From RecordType Where SobjectType = 'Account' and DeveloperName = 'Business'];...
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Is it possible to test apex that relies on field history tracking?
I have some code that relies on field history tracking by querying the History for a custom object. This works fine, but it appears that the history records aren't created during the test so none of ...
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How do I test asynchronous Apex?
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Unit testing code which has logic around the CreatedDate
An example of the problem would be trying to test a trigger on a case which will fire on update, and look for time differences between when a case was created and now. Ideally in the unit tests I want ...
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Target inner elements of standard Lightning Web Components with CSS
Say we have a LWC with the following template in a component named example:
<template>
<lightning-textarea class="test"></lightning-textarea>
</template>
And some css to ...
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HTTP Callout from Triggers
I have a trigger on the Custom Object that calls a class. That class makes an HTTP GET request to a Web Service.
However I get the following error:
Callout from triggers are currently not supported.
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Where To start Learning With Salesforce Development
Where should I start learning? There are various topics to learn like Objects, Classes, Apex, Visualforce, SOSL, SOQL, Triggers, etc. There are so many options out there to start learning. I couldn't ...
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Set Relationship Via Name Pointing Field?
One of the most startling things I ever learned from @BobBuzzard is that you can update a lookup by using the name pointing field. At least, I thought that's what I learned, until a recent debate cast ...
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What is a good pattern for recursion blocking in generic trigger handlers?
Here I'm talking about a handler that covers all the TriggerOperations and that accepts SObjects of arbitrary type. And the recursion problem is where a change caused by a trigger results in that ...
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Can anybody explain the UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW error?
Error Message:
Developer script exception from Nicomatic : quotepotential :
quotepotential: execution of AfterUpdate caused by:
System.DmlException: Update failed. First exception on row 0 with ...
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How can I compose a multipart/form-data request?
I'm trying to integrate Kraken.io into our org so I can have Salesforce queue up image optimization jobs that our employees upload. Kraken.io requires that the requests post a multipart/form-data body ...
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Parent and children relationships accessible via trigger?
I'm sure this has been addressed before but I can't seem to find the answer. In a trigger on a record, aside from the actual fields on the record, what do I have access to? The parent info? that ...
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Any reason to skip DML on empty lists?
In parts of my code I have DML statements with an if around to only do the DML if the list is not empty:
if( !recordsToUpdate.isEmpty() ) {
update recordsToUpdate;
}
Couldn't I just write?
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How do you deserialize json properties that are reserved words in Apex?
Is there any way to deserialize JSON into an object using JSON.deserialize if some of the property names in the JSON are reserved words in Apex? I want to do something like this:
string jsonString = '{...
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How to call a Salesforce REST URL from Lightning Component?
I want to call a Salesforce REST URL from a Lightning Component. Specifically, I'm trying to call this Analytics API URL: /services/data/v32.0/analytics/reports.
I see the following error in the ...
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Scheduled reports as attachment
Is there any workaround to send out scheduled reports as Excel attachment than actually embedding it within an email?
Salesforce scheduled reports embeds the report in email making further drill down ...
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Getting Session ID in Lightning
Background
I'm using Apex Wrapper Salesforce Metadata API to update some picklist values on the fly. (i.e. Every time a record is inserted/updated/deleted in Table A, I'm adding/subtracting picklist ...
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Trying to automate contact deletion with SSJS
with the GDPR laws in place, it's important to have the possibility to remove contacts from Marketing Cloud. I'm trying to automate the process with existing tools and am looking for possible ...
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InstallHandler runs under a special ghost user. What rights does it have?
When you install a managed package with a post-install script, Salesforce creates a special ghost user under which all of the post install activities occur. I think this is undocumented. Here are some ...
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Using APEX to assemble HTML Letterhead Emails
I am looking to assemble an HTML Letterhead Email Template for an email service integration project.
There are two sObjects that hold this information - EmailTemplate and BrandTemplate.
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How can I efficiently generate a Set<Id> from a List<SObject> structure?
I have a bit of code where I've written a SOQL query that returns a list of SObject records, however I need a Set<Id> structure to pass to another method that I don't have control of (and thus ...
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SFDC: Understanding With Sharing, Without Sharing & Unspecified Sharing Classes
Per my understanding of With Sharing, Without Sharing and non-sharing-specified Classes in Apex, I would like to jot down the following notes and leave certain blanks for not sure answers; I wanted to ...
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Salesforce, Oracle and the Seven Dwarfs
Over my time as a Salesforce developer, I've written some code which on occasion managed to surface Oracle plsql exceptions and curiously the error text contains the name of one of Disney's Seven ...
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How to fix insufficient access rights on cross-reference id?
I am getting the error:
INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS_ON_CROSS_REFERENCE_ENTITY, insufficient access rights on cross-reference id: []
Scenario is, I am inserting an Opportunity and then Opportunity Line ...
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Why is Schema.describeSObjects(types) Slower Than Schema.getGlobalDescribe()?
I was about to reconfigure some of my code to use the newer Schema.describeSObjects(types) method that I had heard was faster than using a globalDescribe.
I made some code to quickly check this and ...
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Why do we still need to hack the Sidebar? Usecases - Workarounds - Alternatives
Since it seems to me, that a lot of people still need sidebar workarounds, I would be interested to learn about the use-cases, experienced challenges and (most important) possible strategies to avoid ...
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Different Session Ids in Different contexts
I'm trying to implement an OAuth flow from one salesforce instance to another (any other), and one of the issues I've run into is if the other instance has the same instance URL of the "origin&...
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