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Lead Name Null on before insert trigger

Hello guys,

 

can anybody help me on this. I have created a lead trigger (before insert) and this trigger is basically needs to check whether the name inserted by the user already exists on either contact or lead object. However, when I try to get the "name" field (standard object), the field is always null.  It just doesn't make any sense. I would really appreciate it if someone can help me on this.

 

Here's my code snippet:

 

trigger FindDuplicateLeads on Lead (before insert, before update)
{

    string nameStr;

    if(Trigger.isInsert)
    {

         for(integer x = 0; x < Trigger.new.size(); x++)
        {
            if(x == 0)
            {

                 nameStr = '\''+ Trigger.new[x].Name +'\'';

                 //other codes here......

            }

        }

 

       system.debug('nameStr debug:'+nameStr);

   }

}

Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
wilson34wilson34

Hello,

 

I think base from my observation the name field is always null even if you set the trigger either before or after insert. So with that, the solution I found is just get the stardard fields LastName and FirstName instead. You just have to concatenate them. Don't ask me why the name field is null though, because I don't know the answer as well.

 

Cheers