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Ben Olsen 37Ben Olsen 37 

delete trigger ( i'm new to coding)

im currently writing a trigger to send an email to the account owner, when a contact is deleted,  I am almost there,  can anyone point out where i am going wrong.  Also how do i write a test class for this?  Here is what i have so far I copied this and changed it to what i was needing,  but don't know how to reference the account owner email and where it goes,  is it owner.email?

trigger EmailAfterDelete on Contact (after delete) {
Messaging.reserveSingleEmailCapacity(trigger.size);
    List<Messaging.SingleEmailMessage> emails = new List<Messaging.SingleEmailMessage>();
    for (Contact Contact : Trigger.old) {
        Messaging.SingleEmailMessage email = new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();
        email.setToAddresses(new String[] {'some email address'};);
        email.setSubject('Deleted Contact Alert');
        email.setPlainTextBody('This message is to alert you that the Contact named ' + Contact.Name +' on Account' + Account.Name +
                               ' has been deleted.');
        emails.add(email);
    }
    Messaging.sendEmail(emails);

}
Best Answer chosen by Ben Olsen 37
Uttpal_ChandraUttpal_Chandra
Hi Ben,

I have update your code little bit. 
trigger EmailAfterDelete on Contact (after delete) 
{

    Account ab = [Select Name,Owner.Email from Account where id=: Trigger.old[0].accountid];
      String name = Trigger.old[0].FirstName + ' ' +  Trigger.old[0].LastName ;
    
    List<Messaging.SingleEmailMessage> emails = new List<Messaging.SingleEmailMessage>();
    Messaging.SingleEmailMessage email = new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();
    List<String> send = new List<String>();
    send.add(ab.Owner.Email);
    email.setToAddresses(send);
    email.setSubject('Deleted Contact Alert');
    email.setPlainTextBody('This message is to alert you that the Contact named ' + name +' on Account ' + ab.Name +
                           ' has been deleted.');
    emails.add(email);
    Messaging.sendEmail(emails);

}

If you move your code from sandbox to production you need to write test class.

Thanks and Regards,
Uttpal Chandra

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Uttpal_ChandraUttpal_Chandra
Hi Ben,

I have update your code little bit. 
trigger EmailAfterDelete on Contact (after delete) 
{

    Account ab = [Select Name,Owner.Email from Account where id=: Trigger.old[0].accountid];
      String name = Trigger.old[0].FirstName + ' ' +  Trigger.old[0].LastName ;
    
    List<Messaging.SingleEmailMessage> emails = new List<Messaging.SingleEmailMessage>();
    Messaging.SingleEmailMessage email = new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();
    List<String> send = new List<String>();
    send.add(ab.Owner.Email);
    email.setToAddresses(send);
    email.setSubject('Deleted Contact Alert');
    email.setPlainTextBody('This message is to alert you that the Contact named ' + name +' on Account ' + ab.Name +
                           ' has been deleted.');
    emails.add(email);
    Messaging.sendEmail(emails);

}

If you move your code from sandbox to production you need to write test class.

Thanks and Regards,
Uttpal Chandra
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Ben Olsen 37Ben Olsen 37
ok great,  in the test class, all i need to do is create a dummy account with a contact and then delete it?
Uttpal_ChandraUttpal_Chandra
Yes Ben