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An external ID is a custom field that has the “External ID” attribute, meaning that it contains unique record identifiers from a system outside of Salesforce.

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How Does Upsert Work When No External Id Is Specified?

I have looked at the documentation on Database Methods. What I do not understand is, what happens when an upsert is performed without specifying an external id field? Is it just based on whether or no …
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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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