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risharisha 

what is the need of DescribeFieldResult

can anyone tell the purpose of DescribeFieldResult ?

Subramani_SFDCSubramani_SFDC

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_dynamic_describe_objects_understanding.htm
Ashish_SFDCAshish_SFDC

Hi Risha, 

 

Its like calling Meta data Object Dynamically. 

 

Get the field describe result for the Name field on the Account object
Schema.DescribeFieldResult f = Schema.sObjectType.Account.fields.Name;

Regards,

Ashish