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tulasiram chtulasiram ch 

How to restrict null values taking as Duplicates

When i am trying to display error message when user try to insert/update a phone field with duplicate values code is fine but , when i try to update a phone field with null value its giving error as this phone already exists...what can i do for solving this error...

Code: trigger duplicatePhoneOnCandidate on Candidate__c (before insert ,before update) 
{
 
   Map<String, Candidate__c> candidateMap = new Map<String, Candidate__c>();

   Set<Id> setId = new Set<ID>();
    
for(Candidate__c candidates: System.Trigger.new)
{
        
setId.add(candidates.Id);
        
        
if( (candidates.Phone__c != null && System.Trigger.isInsert ) || 
    ( System.Trigger.isUpdate  && candidates.Phone__c != System.Trigger.oldMap.get(candidates.Id).Phone__c ) )
        
{
            
if(candidateMap.containsKey(candidates.Phone__c))
            
{
                
candidates.Phone__c.addError('Phone Already exists');

            }

            else

            {
                
candidateMap.put(candidates.Phone__c, candidates) ;
   
            }

        }


    }  
    
    // Using a single database query, find all the Candidate in
  
  // the database that have the same Phone address as any
  
  // of the Candidate being inserted or updated.
    
for ( Candidate__c can : [SELECT Phone__c FROM Candidate__c   WHERE Phone__c IN :candidateMap.KeySet() and Id not in :setId ] )
 
    {

        Candidate__c newCan = candidateMap.get(can.Phone__c);

        newCan.Phone__c.addError('Candidate record have already this pone number.');

    }

}
Best Answer chosen by tulasiram ch
Ashish DevAshish Dev
replace line 
System.Trigger.isUpdate  && candidates.Phone__c != System.Trigger.oldMap.get(candidates.Id).Phone__c

with 
 
System.Trigger.isUpdate  && candidates.Phone__c != System.Trigger.oldMap.get(candidates.Id).Phone__c  && candidates.Phone__c != null


Let me know if this solves your issue.