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Suresh Kumar 34Suresh Kumar 34 

auto create a contact

hi all,

how to create a trigger for creating a contact when account is created.

Thank you,
Suresh kumar
PRIYATAM REDDYPRIYATAM REDDY
trigger createContactTrigger on Account(after insert){
List<Account> accList = trigger.new;
List<Contact> conList = List<Contact>();
for(Account acc : accList){
Contact con = new Contact();
con.LastName = acc.Name;
con.AccountId=acc.id;
conList.add(con);
}
insert conList;
}
Amit Chaudhary 8Amit Chaudhary 8
Please try below code. I hope that will help u 
trigger AccountTrigger on Account( after insert)
{
	List<Contact> lstCont = new List<Contact>();
	
	For(Acount acc: trigger.New)
	{
		Contact cont = new Contact();
		cont.firstName='Test';
		cont.LastName ='Trigger';
		cont.accountId = acc.id;
		lstCont.add(cont);
	}

	if(lstCont.size() > 0 )
	{
		insert lstCont;
	}
}
Please check below blog if you want to learn how to write trigger
http://amitsalesforce.blogspot.in/2015/06/trigger-best-practices-sample-trigger.html

Please let us know if above trigger will help u

Thanks
AMit Chaudhary