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Dynamic Updates

Is it possible to do dynamic SOQL statements do updates similar to how you do Select statements like this Database.query like Database.update

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soofsoof

Salesforce.com database follows an Object-Oriented pattern, so SQL-style insert/udpate statements are not available.  However, you CAN dynamically update records in the following manner:

 

SObject cs = new Case();

cs.put('Subject', 'Mouse Error');

cs.put('Description', 'I cannot move my mouse pointer');

cs.put('Status', 'New');

cs.put('Field_Name1__c', 'Field Value 1');

cs.put('Field_Name2__c', 'Field Value 1');

cs.put('Field_Name3__c', 'Field Value 1');

update cs;

 

Check out the docs:

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

 

Hope this helps!

 

-soof 

 

 

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soofsoof

Salesforce.com database follows an Object-Oriented pattern, so SQL-style insert/udpate statements are not available.  However, you CAN dynamically update records in the following manner:

 

SObject cs = new Case();

cs.put('Subject', 'Mouse Error');

cs.put('Description', 'I cannot move my mouse pointer');

cs.put('Status', 'New');

cs.put('Field_Name1__c', 'Field Value 1');

cs.put('Field_Name2__c', 'Field Value 1');

cs.put('Field_Name3__c', 'Field Value 1');

update cs;

 

Check out the docs:

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

 

Hope this helps!

 

-soof 

 

 

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Chris987654321Chris987654321
Thanks! That worked great.