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Fire trigger only if we update custom field
You can do this by comparing the current value of the IsMain field with the value in the trigger.oldMap collection. This will tell you if the field has changed.
Something like this will work
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Can Not Update SFDX
The documentation states:
If You Installed the Salesforce CLI Using the Installer
To install the latest Salesforce CLI version, run:
sfdx update
If You Installed the Salesforce CLI Using npm
The ...
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How to do a dependent callout from a future callout
Instead of using @future, you should use Queueable Apex. Queueable Apex, lets you chain jobs. To allow callouts, you need to specify Database.AllowsCallouts
public class AsyncExecutionExample ...
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Update records using map values
You can do it like this:
// Your map
Map<Id, String> m = new Map<Id, String>();
// Update needs to know the type so create objects of the right type
Opportunity[] updates = new ...
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Formula field change fire Apex trigger
No, a formula field changing doesn't change the updated by, and doesn't count as a record update. Behind the scenes formula fields aren't stored as part of the record in the database, instead they use ...
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How can I update Owner.Name?
If you want to change the Owner you can only do it by setting the OwnerId field. If you want to set it based on Name, you will need to query for the User record whose Id you wish to set.
List<User&...
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Is it possible to update an existing opportunity in Salesforce using apex SOQL query?
No, SOQL (Salesforce Object Query Language) is a query language. It allows you to pull data from the database. If you want to push data to the database, you use DML (Database Manipulation Language) ...
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UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW, unable to obtain exclusive access to this record or 200 records - Error even after using FOR UPDATE
You'll want to read this answer for more information, but the gist is that just because you use FOR UPDATE, does not mean you will eliminate this error. Instead, if the lock does not get acquired ...
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can too many validation rules cause a performance issue with large data - Apex CPU Time?
Apex Triggers, Flows, and Process Builder consume CPU limits, but validation rules, workflow rules, matching rules, duplicate rules, assignment rules, escalation rules all do not count towards the CPU ...
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Is my after insert trigger efficient and safe to port to production?
No, you have not properly bulkified your code. Bulkification 101's most important lesson is to aggregate filter values, query before your loop and put records into a Map, and update values after your ...
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What i need is a trigger?
There is a few things wrong with Ashas answer:
It is not handling multiple accounts being inserted or updated. It only works on the first one in the list
It is doing a SOQL query that is not needed
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Having problems with a trigger and its test class
I have simplified it to do what you wanted.
Points:
You do not need to query for the contacts as the ID already exists on the case object
Your context should be a before insert
Gather the list of ...
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Lead before update runs on insert
A typical reason for this is that you have Lead Assignment rules. Once those execute, a new owner is assigned and hence the Lead object is updated. You can see this in the debug log if you enable ...
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Update an object field
Someone will only have to come include that field in the query if they actually need to do something with it in your code. You do not need to (and absolutely should not) include every field on your ...
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Adding to a List changes all previous additions
You're doing things in a kinda funky way, and that's leading to your issues.
A list that holds SObjects (such as your List<NFP_Lead_Account>) will hold references to the SObject instance.
So, ...
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move all child records from one account to another efficiently
It sounds like you want to merge two records. The Database.merge method (or the merge DML keyword) will move all children from the bad account to the good account, and delete the bad account. If you ...
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workbench cvs update set field to null
There is a setting in work bench that you need to check called 'Insert Null Values'. This should allow you to do updates with null values.
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|FATAL_ERROR|System.NullPointerException: Attempt to de-reference a null object on my Apex Trigger
Others have covered how to address the Null Pointer Exception (NPE for short). I'd like to cover how to determine the cause of an NPE.
When debugging NPEs, I like to keep in mind the famous saying of ...
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Why does my trigger not update the record?
Ideally for such kind of requirements, it would be better if you can build the logic in before update event rather than after update event, in which case, there won't be any need to handle the ...
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Trying to write a trigger before delete on child to update a value in parent object
If I had to take a guess at what your issue is, I'd say that you're probably getting a Duplicate object in list error.
You're not seeing that error because you are smothering any exceptions you ...
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Writing test class for order activate. Error: Required fields are missing: [PricebookEntryId]: [PricebookEntryId]
Pricebook entry is missing from test data. You need to create test Pricebook entry.
PriceBookEntry stdPriceBookEntry = new PriceBookEntry();
stdPriceBookEntry.Product2Id=p.Id; //Product Id
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Send only udpated fields instead of all the field information
You can use the CDC (Change Data Capture) to get updates only on updated fields. You could also write manual code (Apex) to create a change delta, although this might require a lot of CPU time ...
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Why I can't change OwnerId to null or empty?
All Records in Salesforce must have an Owner which is either a User or a Queue, if you try and set OwnerId to Null or blank "", this will always fail as the field is mandatory therefore Null is not an ...
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How to update a record but not overwrite a specific field
Okay so if you can't update the function to accept & return the acc variable because it's a trigger or some other secondary process, then it might be easier to insert only the values you want to ...
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How to update record after some time based on certain criteria?
See the Time-Based Workflow FAQ:
Will the pending actions in the queue ALWAYS trigger?
No. Time-dependent actions remain in the Workflow Queue until processed or the rule criteria for the ...
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Error when Update QueryDefinition with SOAP API
To successfully update a QueryDefinition using SOAP, I had to include (1)the account's MID and (2)the query activity's ObjectID. I found the ObjectID by hovering over the link to the query activity in ...
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NullPointerException: Attempt to de-reference a null object in a batchclass
You can't directly set these parent fields from the Asset record.
You have to query for the related Account and set it's Actief_onderhoud_Design_Solutions__c directly.
So you'll prob need to do ...
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How to merge methods into one
You can merge the two methods into one like this way.
public static void updateTableMergeMethod(Map<Id, Team__c>
newTeams, Map<Id, Team__c> oldTeams)
{
Set<Id> ...
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Update an object field
If you already have an Id value, you do not have to do a query to update the value. Instead you construct an instance using the Id you have and set the field value you need and then pass that object ...
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Adding to a List changes all previous additions
So to give a complete overview of the error and the problem at hand, the error coming back is telling you that the list contains multiple references to the same object so you're inserting a list of ...
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