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Long text area field in trigger help needed

Hi,

I am having a long text area field where i am not getting the values in my trigger , Let me know how to refer long text area field in my trigger

MY TRIGGER :

trigger createcontract on Proposal__c(after insert) {
    
    List <Contract__c   > contractToInsert = new List <Contract__c> ();
    
    for (Proposal__c o : Trigger.new) {
        
        Id recId = Schema.SObjectType.Proposal__c.getRecordTypeInfosByName().get('Adhoc Charter').getRecordTypeId();

        
        if (o.RecordTypeId == recId) {  
        Contract__c  v = new Contract__c ();  
        v.Account__c = o.Account__c;  
        v.Opportunity__c = o.Opportunity__c ; 
        v.Name=o.Name;
        v.Proposal__c   =o.Id;
        v.Contract_Start_Date__c=o.Proposal_Start_Date__c;
        v.Contract_End_Date__c  =o.Proposal_End_Date__c;
        v.Forecast_Charter_Spend__c =o.Forecast_Charter_Spend__c;
       v.Description__c=o.Description__c;
        v.Contact_Information__c=o.Contact_Information__c;

        v.Forecast_Charter_Spend__c =o.Forecast_Charter_Spend__c;
        v.RecordTypeId = [select Id from RecordType where Name = 'Adhoc Charter' and SobjectType = 'Contract__c'].Id;
        contractToInsert.add(v);
        
        }
        
    }
    
    
    try {
        insert contractToInsert; 
    } catch (system.Dmlexception e) {
        system.debug (e);
    }
    
}

Kindly help me pls

Thanks in advance
 
Shaijan ThomasShaijan Thomas
Hi 

able to get the values, please see the sample code
 
trigger ABC on Candidate__c (after insert) {
    Error_Log__c elog = new Error_Log__c ();
    for (Candidate__c o : Trigger.new) 
    {
        
        elog.Error_Message__c =o.longtext__c;
        insert elog;
        system.debug ('Long Text : '+o.longtext__c);
     }
     
     system.debug ('Long Text : '+elog.Error_Message__c);
}

Thanks