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Dan_GruDan_Gru 

Create a record for generic sObject

I have the requirments to create record of generic sObject. How to do it?

 

A little more detail: a name of sObject holds in a variable, and i need to create record for it and insert it. I am stuck in this. Has anyone ideas? May be i miss some methods of object token or describe object?

 

Will be wery, wery thankful for help.

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cloudcodercloudcoder

Try using Database.insert if you want to insert a generic sObject:

 

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_methods_system_database.htm?SearchType=Stem&Highlight=database|Database

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Dan_GruDan_Gru

looks like sObject is just an interface, not a class. Is methods to specify it to various type(to to hardcoded) exist? Or immediate creating of record...
cloudcodercloudcoder

Can you provide a little more detail of what you are trying to do. It sounds like you do have a object type that you want to use at some stage.  For example, you could use the global describe calls like the following, but I suspect your use case can be solved much more simply if I understand it better:

 

 

string lateBoundType = 'MyCustomObject__c'; 
 
sObject obj = Schema.getGlobalDescribe().get(lateBoundType).newSObject();
 
XmlDoc fields = //Create fields XML here
 
obj.Any = fields; 
obj.Create();

 

 
Dan_GruDan_Gru

I need to insert this record to database in the end.

 

The following code:

 

 

Map<String, Schema.SObjectType> m_objects = Schema.getGlobalDescribe();

sObject n = m_objects.get('account').newSObject();

n.put('name','mother');

Account acc = n.Create();

 causes error:

 

Method does not exist or incorrect signature: [SObject].Create()

 

 

 

Obj.Any - what is it? And what is the type XmlDoc? I cannot find it in docs

 
cloudcodercloudcoder

Try using Database.insert if you want to insert a generic sObject:

 

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_methods_system_database.htm?SearchType=Stem&Highlight=database|Database

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Dan_GruDan_Gru

Hm, i had been sure that generic objects doesn't hold information about object represented. So(as i mean) it is necessary to convert it to specified type, and even didn't try Database.insert for sObject created from token.

 

But it works! Thank you a lot!

 

(As i check with system.debug, sObject contains information about object pointed... Sorry for a noop question)