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Abhiroop Retrieving the name of account owner
Hi everyone;
How can I access (retrieve) the name of the account owner using the name of the account.
I found that account is in look up relationship with User , So running this query results in an error
a) String acctname= [select Owner from account where name=: objAccount.Name];
Error: MyController2 Compile Error: No such column 'Owner' on entity 'Account'. If you are attempting to use a custom field, be sure to append the '__c' after the custom field name. Please reference your WSDL or the describe call for the appropriate names. at line 16 column 22
b) String acctname= [select a.$User.FirstName from account a where a.name=: objAccount.Name];
Error: MyController2 Compile Error: Didn't understand relationship '$User' in field path. If you are attempting to use a custom relationship, be sure to append the '__r' after the custom relationship name. Please reference your WSDL or the describe call for the appropriate names. at line 16 column 22
Thanx in advance !!
Hi abhiroop,
Please try below query :
Account acc = [Select Id,ownerid from account where name = 'AllisWell'];
User userobj = [select id,Name from user where id = : acc.ownerid];
System.Debug('>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.' + userobj.Name);
let me know whether you get your solution or not.
thanks
itsaws
You need to pull the appropriate field from the Owner. The Owner is not a field in of itself, it is the join reference to the User table.
Try this:
Sean's query is the correct one, just a minor change
List<Account> accs = [Select Id, Owner.Name from Account where Name =: accountName limit 1];
if(accs.size() > 0) {
System.debug(accs[0].Owner.Name);
//do processing
}
Having a list for SOQL query helps you to avoid the "No row for assignment for Sobject" exception.