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Shravya Rama 9 Prepopulating lookup field using constructor
Hello All,
I have a custom childobject(Reservation) and a lookup parent object(User). I am trying to prepopulate the look up field with the current user attributes. My lookup field accepts the values in the form of "UserFirstName UserLastName". So I tried to invoke the default values through constructor like below.
VisualForce Page:
"Invalid id: Shravya Rama
An unexpected error has occurred. Your development organization has been notified."
I have a custom childobject(Reservation) and a lookup parent object(User). I am trying to prepopulate the look up field with the current user attributes. My lookup field accepts the values in the form of "UserFirstName UserLastName". So I tried to invoke the default values through constructor like below.
VisualForce Page:
<apex:page standardController="Reservation__c" extensions="ReservationClass" >
<apex:sectionHeader title="New Reservation" />
<apex:form >
<apex:pageBlock>
<apex:pageBlockSection >
<apex:inputField value="{!order.User__c}"/>
</apex:pageBlockSection>
</apex:pageBlock>
</apex:page>
Custom Controller
public class ReservationClass {
public Reservation__c res{get; set;}
public String FName = UserInfo.getFirstName() ;
public String Lname = UserInfo.getLastName();
public string UserName = FName + ' ' + Lname ;
public ReservationClass (ApexPages.StandardController stdController) {
res = (Reservation__c) stdController.getRecord();
res.User__c = userName ;
}
}
The above code throws an error"Invalid id: Shravya Rama
An unexpected error has occurred. Your development organization has been notified."
You will have to assign the user id to the User__c field. Pls try assigning the userinfo.getUserId().
All Answers
You will have to assign the user id to the User__c field. Pls try assigning the userinfo.getUserId().
Thank you. It worked!
Lookup fields accept Ids only, not names.So res.User__c should be populated with Id of current user.
public class ReservationClass { public Reservation__c res{get; set;} public ReservationClass (ApexPages.StandardController stdController) { res = (Reservation__c) stdController.getRecord(); res.User__c = UserInfo.getUserId(); } }Please let me know if it helps.