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filter must be a unknown type error
Hi there,
I am trying to run queries, and I get the following error:
FaultCode = 1101
filter must be a unknown type
Here is the XML-RPC being sent to the server:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodCall>
<methodName>sfdc.query</methodName>
<params>
<param>
<value>
<struct>
<member>
<name>select</name>
<value>
<array>
<data>
<value>
<string>id</string>
</value>
<value>
<string>name</string>
</value>
</data>
</array>
</value>
</member>
<member>
<name>filter</name>
<value>
<struct>
<member>
<name>field</name>
<value>
<string>name</string>
</value>
</member>
<member>
<name>value</name>
<value>
<string>Fanbuzz, Inc.</string>
</value>
</member>
</struct>
</value>
</member>
<member>
<name>version</name>
<value>
<string>2.0</string>
</value>
</member>
<member>
<name>type</name>
<value>
<string>account</string>
</value>
</member>
<member>
<name>scope</name>
<value>
<string>filter</string>
</value>
</member>
</struct>
</value>
</param>
</params>
</methodCall>
What am I doing wrong?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Hi Juan,
The filter argument needs to be an array, even if you only have one filter. So change your message from:
<member><name>filter</name>
<value><struct>
<member><name>field</name>
<value><string>name</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>value</name>
<value><string>Fanbuzz, Inc.</string></value>
</member>
</struct>
</value>
</member>
To:
<member><name>filter</name>
<value><array>
<value><struct>
<member>
<name>field</name>
<value>name</value>
</member>
<member>
<name>value</name>
<value>Fanbuzz, Inc.</value>
</member>
</struct>
</value>
</array>
</value>
</member>
You also have a the "value" Fanbuzz, Inc within a <string> element which may or may not cause problems as well.
Thank you so much Dave!
The problem indeed was that it was supposed to be an array of filters.