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Salesforce, Oracle and the Seven Dwarfs
Over my time as a Salesforce developer, I've written some code which on occasion managed to surface Oracle plsql exceptions and curiously the error text contains the name of one of Disney's Seven Dwarfs.
I've teased out Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful…
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Pokemon Catch - Generic Exception Handling In Apex
I read a great post about this topic on Stack Overflow: Is it really that bad to catch a general exception?
However, I asked this question on our exchange because I am interested in a more specific discussion of how this topic fits in with a…
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How does SF calculate the CPU time?
How does SalesForce calculate the CPU Time that was introduced in Winter '14? I am seeing varying results from it. Why does the CPU count vary?
I am running a single block of code over and over again in an org with all triggers disabled. There's…
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Has anyone, ever, successfully invoked the Metadata API from within Apex?
While researching a semi-related question posted here earlier, I dug up some interesting and conflicting information regarding whether it's even possible to use the Metadata API from within Apex. I used to be of the belief that this was strictly…
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How to study/prepare for the Salesforce Developer Certification
I am fairly new to Force.com development (less than a year). I did not learn it from the ground up. So I think it will be good to study for the developer exam to strengthen my basics and improve my overall knowledge of Force.com + it will be great…
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What is the difference between Custom Settings and Custom Metadata Types
Summer '15 is going to include the GA release of Custom Metadata Types. See Introducing custom metadata types: the app configuration engine for Force.com
Are Custom Metadata Types intended as a complete replacement for Custom Settings?
I gather from…
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InstallHandler runs under a special ghost user. What rights does it have?
When you install a managed package with a post-install script, Salesforce creates a special ghost user under which all of the post install activities occur. I think this is undocumented. Here are some details.
This can be great from an audit point…
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Elegant way to convert Set into String for Dynamic SOQL IN comparison
When I have a Set of Id's and I want to do a dynamic SOQL query that I want to use it in for an IN comparison, I have to convert the Set to string in the format of:
('id1','id2',id3',...)
The way I do it works, but is not particularly elegant, so…
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What is a good set of naming conventions to use when developing on the Force.com platform?
I've looked in the Apex developer's guide and a saw the Naming Conventions section which has basically only has this:
We recommend following Java standards for naming, that is, classes start with a capital letter, methods start with a lowercase…
Peter Knolle
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Get lists of dependent picklist options in Apex
I have a pair of dependent picklists. In Apex code, how can I determine what options are valid in the dependent field for each option in the controlling field?
I've tried using getPicklistValues(), but there doesn't seem to be any way of getting…
Benj
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Connected App - avoiding a limit on a number of issued tokens + token expiration
We have configured our web application to use OAuth2 with our SFDC Connected App. The connected app is configured to never expire the refresh token unless manually revoked. When an admin connects the Connected App to our web application it stores…
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How do you deserialize json properties that are reserved words in Apex?
Is there any way to deserialize JSON into an object using JSON.deserialize if some of the property names in the JSON are reserved words in Apex? I want to do something like this:
string jsonString = '{"currency" : "ABC"}';
public class JSONResult
{
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What is the best way to deploy profiles in Salesforce? (especially system admin)
What is the best way to deploy profiles in Salesforce?
I have a system admin profile with access given to the objects that i have created in my sandbox. I have about 1000 fields across these objects. Eclipse suggests that we should not deploy…
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Removing old hub org, or non-scratch org from Salesforce DX org list
In the Salesforce DX pilot, every pilot participant was given a temporary dev hub org. These orgs expired, were destroyed, and sent back to the matrix in advance of the open beta.
I had an existing installation of the Salesforce DX cli, and I found…
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Is there a way to do Like against a list of Values?
Is there a way to mix LIKE operator with IN ?
Something Like
SELECT Id FROM Account WHERE Name LIKE IN:nameList
Where nameList is list of String?
Is this is possible ?
(I can make a dynamic query by doing OR with all the elements, but was looking…
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