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An sObject represents an object, such as an Account or Campaign. An sObject is the base object for all objects in Apex.

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Using sObject.get() to fetch a field value from a related parent object

I have a contact in a generic sObject in apex and while I'm able to easily get detail field values using sObject.get('MyContactField__c') I'm not able to get fields off the related parent object, and … This returns a runtime error: sObject.get('Account.MyAccountField__c') with the error Invalid field Account.MyAccountField__c' for Contact How do I get a field value off of a parent on a generic sObject