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What does external ID mean in upsert without external ID?
//JDE Address Number is an External ID on an Account. I am getting particular record. //The External_ID_Field is of type Schema.SObjectField, that is, a field token. //Creates new sObject records or updates existing sObject records within a single statement, using an optional custom field to determine the presence of existing objects.
How to create and update records in Salesforce?
You can use the SObject Rows by External ID resource to create records or update existing records (upsert) based on the value of a specified external ID field. If the specified value doesn’t exist, a new record is created.
How to insert or update a record using an external ID?
You can use the sObject Rows by External ID resource to create records or update existing records (upsert) based on the value of a specified external ID field. If the external ID is not matched, then a new record is created according to the request body.
How to insert or update a record using an upsert?
A Line_Item__c record with a LineItemExtID__c value of 456 does not exist. This is the record that gets created and associated to the Merchandise__c record. Notice that the related Merchandise__c record is referenced using the Merchandise__c’s external ID field. The HTTP status code is 201 (Created).
Can a field be set to true in upsert?
Any field with the idLookup attribute set to true (which includes Name fields on custom objects, but not all Name fields on standard objects) can be used for record matching in the upsert () call. This is stated as such in the API doc but not in the Apex doc, but applies to Apex as well.
How to insert a record using an external ID?
If you have an object that references another object using a relationship, you can use REST API to both insert or update a record and also reference another object using an external ID. The following example creates a record and associates it with a parent record via external ID. It assumes the following:
What is the status code for external ID?
The request uses updates.json to specify the updated field values. In API version 45.0 and earlier, the HTTP status code is 204 (No Content) and there is no response body. If the external ID value isn’t unique, an HTTP status code 300 is returned, plus a list of the records that matched the query.