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Please explain dot notation and multidot notation..?

explain the process of dot notation and multi-dot notation in triggers....? eg:- c.MailingCity = accMap.get(c.accountID).BillingCity;

Himanshu ParasharHimanshu Parashar

What do you mean by multidot notation ?

 

In salesforce Object fields accessed using dot notation so if you are writing c.MailingCity then it means you are assigning value to c which is alias of any object.

 

Account c = new Account();

so any field or Account object can be accessed using c.Mailingcity='Test';

 

in your example

 

accMap is a Map collection and in this case dot notation is used to get value from the map using the key which is c.accountID

 

Make sense ?
Ashish_SFDCAshish_SFDC

Hi Bhuvan, 

 

 

See the links below with more explanation and examples, 

 

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/ajax/Content/sforce_api_ajax_more_samples.htm

 

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/soql_sosl/Content/sforce_api_calls_soql_relationships.htm#relate_query_limits

 

http://wiki.developerforce.com/page/A_Deeper_look_at_SOQL_and_Relationship_Queries_on_Force.com

 

Let us know if there is anything specific that you are looking for.

 

 

Regards,

Ashish