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How to enable record locking and unlocking in apex?
To enable this feature, go to Setup | Search Automation Settings in the Quick Find box | click on Automation Settings. Then, select Enable record locking and unlocking in Apex. System.debug (‘The following error has occurred.’);
Is the ability to lock and unlock a record supported?
The ability to lock and unlock a record uses record versioning that isn’t supported for Exchange items. So for all Exchange items that are marked as a record, the behavior maps to the Record – locked column, and the Record – unlocked column is not relevant.
How to lock and unlock Records in Salesforce?
Sometimes we have faced business requirement to Lock or Unlock records in Salesforce. We can use apex lock () and unlock () methods in the System.Approval namespace to lock and unlock records by passing in record IDs or sObjects. To enable this feature, go to Setup | Search Automation Settings in the Quick Find box | click on Automation Settings.
Can a record still be locked after approval?
Note: Implementing the approval process, implies that the record needs to be approved by a user (configurable in the approval process). Even after the record is approved, you can set the record to remain in the Locked state if you prefer to do so OR unlock after approval.
How to trigger a DML exception in apex?
I have an Apex Class, where 55% of the code is inside a catch, requiring a DML exception to be executed. Since the DML update request is using data from an SOQL request inside this class, I have no idea how I can trigger a DML exception.
How to trigger a DML exception for test coverage?
You can use FOR UPDATE to lock a certain record, but it would be locked to the testing transaction, so it might not give you the DML Exception you want. How dependant are you on the content of the DML Exception? If you just want an exception of the correct type use Test.isRunningTest () to deliberately cause the exception.