Hi All,

I am trying the following Apex code. I am getting value "null" for the account name and Account id. Could anyone please let me know why I am getting "null" for the account name? Your help is greatly appreciated.

public class myControllerExtension {

    private final Account acct;
    
    // The extension constructor initializes the private member  
    
    // variable acct by using the getRecord method from the standard  
    
    // controller.  
    
    public myControllerExtension(ApexPages.StandardController stdController) {
        this.acct = (Account)stdController.getRecord();
        System.debug('account name' + this.acct.name);
        System.debug('account id' + this.acct.id);
    }
    public String getGreeting() {
    System.debug('account name' + acct.name);
        return 'Hello ' + acct.name + ' (' + acct.id + ')';
    }
}

Following is the debug log:

22.0 APEX_CODE,DEBUG
16:18:28.025 (25950000)|EXECUTION_STARTED
16:18:28.026 (26016000)|CODE_UNIT_STARTED|[EXTERNAL]|06650000000H4Ct|VF: /apex/sample1
16:18:28.049 (49222000)|CODE_UNIT_STARTED|[EXTERNAL]|01p50000000LZQc|myControllerExtension <init>
16:18:28.049 (49345000)|METHOD_ENTRY|[1]|01p50000000LZQc|myControllerExtension.myControllerExtension()
16:18:28.049 (49386000)|METHOD_EXIT|[1]|myControllerExtension
16:18:28.049 (49740000)|USER_DEBUG|[13]|DEBUG|account namenull
16:18:28.049 (49859000)|USER_DEBUG|[14]|DEBUG|account idnull
16:18:28.049 (49914000)|CODE_UNIT_FINISHED|myControllerExtension <init>
16:18:28.091 (91934000)|CODE_UNIT_STARTED|[EXTERNAL]|01p50000000LZQc|myControllerExtension get(greeting)
16:18:28.092 (92430000)|CODE_UNIT_STARTED|[EXTERNAL]|01p50000000LZQc|myControllerExtension invoke(getgreeting)
16:18:28.092 (92596000)|USER_DEBUG|[17]|DEBUG|account namenull
16:18:28.092 (92697000)|CODE_UNIT_FINISHED|myControllerExtension invoke(getgreeting)
16:18:28.092 (92723000)|CODE_UNIT_FINISHED|myControllerExtension get(greeting)
16:18:28.107 (107559000)|CODE_UNIT_FINISHED|VF: /apex/sample1
16:18:28.107 (107600000)|EXECUTION_FINISHED

Following is the VF code

<apex:page standardController="Account" extensions="myControllerExtension">
    {!greeting} <p/>
    <apex:form >
        <apex:inputField value="{!account.name}"/> <p/>
        <apex:commandButton value="Save" action="{!save}"/>
    </apex:form>
</apex:page>