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Jacek DJacek D 

Can't get this trigger to work - any ideas? (Populate Lookup field with content from text field)

trigger Update_Lookup__c_on_Text_ID__c on Lead (before update, before insert) {
        for (Lead l : Trigger.new){
        if(l.Lookup__c !=l.Text_ID__c){
        l.Lookup__c=l.Text_ID__c;
        }
        }
}

 I'm trying to run above trigger when importing new leads. I need the content from field "Text_ID__c" to populate the custom lookup field "Lookup__c". any idea what I'm doing wrong?

 

I'm pretty new to this...

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spraetzspraetz

That looks fine, what error is it throwing?

 

is the data in Text__c a record id?

 

Lookups in Apex require record IDs, not names.

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spraetzspraetz

That looks fine, what error is it throwing?

 

is the data in Text__c a record id?

 

Lookups in Apex require record IDs, not names.

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Jacek DJacek D

So that might be the case: the value is not a record ID. I was under the impression I could force content from the field into the lookup. Is there no way to do that?
spraetzspraetz

You'll have to use a SOQL query to retrieve the record ID of the record you are referncing in Text_ID__c and populate the lookup__c field with that ID.
Jacek DJacek D

Sounds good. Can you point me into the direction? I've never built a SOQL query...

 

I appreciate it!
spraetzspraetz

Googling Apex SOQL will give you some good results to get started.

 

SOQL is essentially a query language similar to SQL.

 

What you'll want to do is something like

 

l.Lookup__c = [SELECT id FROM Lead WHERE some_field = :l.Text_ID__c].id

 

That will find the Lead you're looking for and put the id in the Lookup__c field.

 

What kind of data are you storing in the Text_ID__c field?
Jacek DJacek D

It's zip codes I want to store there. The Lookup__c points to the zip code database.

 

I would need to build a query that looks for the record ID in the zip database that equals Text_ID__c and populates that into the lookup__c, correct?
Jacek DJacek D
trigger Update_Market_ID_on_Market_Update on Lead (before update, before insert) {
        for (Lead l : Trigger.new){
        l.Market__c = [SELECT id FROM Market__c WHERE Name =:l.Market_Record_ID__c].id;
        }
}

 Thanks so far, I think I got the idea. Above code produces the following error:  "list has no row for assignment". What does that mean?
spraetzspraetz

It means that query is returning zero rows. 

 

Are you sure there is a Market__c record with a NAME equal to l.Market_Record_ID__c?
Jacek DJacek D

Ah, it worked! I used the data loader to insert the leads and named the "Market_Record_ID__c" column in the import file differently. I was under the impression that would make no difference thanks to the mapping?

 

 
Jacek DJacek D

Thanks a lot, by the way! This is extremely useful!
cbrocbro

This has been helpful.  I am experiencing the same issue, however!  

 

 

System.QueryException: List has no rows for assignment to SObject: Trigger.ContractLine_ContractHeaderLookupUpdate: line 7, column 1

 

 

trigger ContractLine_ContractHeaderLookupUpdate on Contract_Line__c (before insert, before update){

    for (Contract_Line__c cl: Trigger.new)
    {
        if(cl.Contract_Header_LOOKUP__c == Null)
        {
            cl.Contract_Header_LOOKUP__c = [SELECT id FROM Contract_Line__c WHERE Name =: cl.Contract_Header__c].id ;
        }
    }
}

 Any help would be appreciated!

 

I have also posted here: http://boards.developerforce.com/t5/Apex-Code-Development/Problem-with-SOQL-query-Error-Invalid-Data-List-has-no-rows-for/td-p/580637

 

 

Thanks,

Chris
cbrocbro

Problem solved.  :)

 

http://boards.developerforce.com/t5/Apex-Code-Development/Problem-with-SOQL-query-Error-Invalid-Data-List-has-no-rows-for/td-p/580637

 

Thanks,
Chris