i have a lookup field to contacts in the lead and i want a field up the lookup field base in the name the user select in a pick list, the picklist have the names of some of the contact i have 

for example in the picklist i have kevin johnson if the user select kevin i want the triger to prepopulate the lookup field so the lead relates to that contact

is this possible 

i was playing with the trigger and this is what i got

trigger updateAE on Lead (after insert) {
  for (lead l:Trigger.new){
  l.L_RRx_AE__c = l.L_Special_Instructions__c;
    }
  }

 and every time i used it a get and error saying :

Error: Invalid Data. 
Review all error messages below to correct your data.
Apex trigger updateAE caused an unexpected exception, contact your administrator: updateAE: execution of AfterInsert caused by: System.StringException: Invalid id: kevin johnson: Trigger.updateAE: line 3, column 3

hello all

im looking for the best way to bring information to the opportunity from several custom object i have so we can update the stage in the opportunity

i think the way to do is create lookups to this custom objects, somehow update this lookup fields with a trigger and just create formula field to bring my data over

is this the best way to do it, I’m new to the trigger developing think and i don’t know exactly my options

Thanks in advance for the help

hello all

im trying to update a lookup field in the acct with the case id but i keep getting the error variable does not exist, ay help will be appreciate 

by the way im new to this apex code and im kind rusty after 10 years i didn’t to programming at all

trigger updateAccountWithCase on Case (after insert) {
    set <ID> acc_ids = new set <id> ();
        for (case c : trigger.new)acc_ids.add(c.accountid);
        list<account> acct_to_update = [select id, case__c from account where id in :acc_ids];
            {
            for (account acc: acct_to_update) acc.case__c = caseid;
    update acct_to_update;
    }
}

i have a lookup field to contacts in the lead and i want a field up the lookup field base in the name the user select in a pick list, the picklist have the names of some of the contact i have 

for example in the picklist i have kevin johnson if the user select kevin i want the triger to prepopulate the lookup field so the lead relates to that contact

is this possible 

i was playing with the trigger and this is what i got

trigger updateAE on Lead (after insert) {
  for (lead l:Trigger.new){
  l.L_RRx_AE__c = l.L_Special_Instructions__c;
    }
  }

 and every time i used it a get and error saying :

Error: Invalid Data. 
Review all error messages below to correct your data.
Apex trigger updateAE caused an unexpected exception, contact your administrator: updateAE: execution of AfterInsert caused by: System.StringException: Invalid id: kevin johnson: Trigger.updateAE: line 3, column 3

hello all

im looking for the best way to bring information to the opportunity from several custom object i have so we can update the stage in the opportunity

i think the way to do is create lookups to this custom objects, somehow update this lookup fields with a trigger and just create formula field to bring my data over

is this the best way to do it, I’m new to the trigger developing think and i don’t know exactly my options

Thanks in advance for the help

hello all

im trying to update a lookup field in the acct with the case id but i keep getting the error variable does not exist, ay help will be appreciate 

by the way im new to this apex code and im kind rusty after 10 years i didn’t to programming at all

trigger updateAccountWithCase on Case (after insert) {
    set <ID> acc_ids = new set <id> ();
        for (case c : trigger.new)acc_ids.add(c.accountid);
        list<account> acct_to_update = [select id, case__c from account where id in :acc_ids];
            {
            for (account acc: acct_to_update) acc.case__c = caseid;
    update acct_to_update;
    }
}