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Flint LockwoodFlint Lockwood 

Cannot Update Record Using StandardController Save Method

Hi, 

 

I am trying to update an Account's name using the StandardController save method. For some reason the update is not happening. Here is my code: 

 

public with sharing class UpdateAccountClass{

	public ApexPages.StandardController s;
	public Account a {get; Set;}
	
	public UpdateAccountClass(ApexPages.StandardController stdCon){
		s = stdCon;
		a = (Account)stdCon.getRecord();
		a = [select id, Name from Account where Id =: a.Id];
	}
	
	public PageReference SaveRecord(){
		a.Name = 'Testing Testing';
		PageReference p = null;
		try{	
			p = s.save();
		}catch(Exception e){
			system.debug(e.getMessage());
		}
		return p;
	}
}

 

Thank you in advance. 

Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
sfdcfoxsfdcfox
You set A to a new copy of the account (by virtue of running a query). Only the record from stdCon.getRecord() will be updated by the standard controller. Remove that line of code and your page will work as you expect. Also, there is no need to use a try-catch block, as StandardController.save() will not throw an error on failure to save (it returns a null page reference instead).

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sfdcfoxsfdcfox
You set A to a new copy of the account (by virtue of running a query). Only the record from stdCon.getRecord() will be updated by the standard controller. Remove that line of code and your page will work as you expect. Also, there is no need to use a try-catch block, as StandardController.save() will not throw an error on failure to save (it returns a null page reference instead).
This was selected as the best answer
sambasamba
public UpdateAccountClass(ApexPages.StandardController stdCon){
     a = [select id, Name from Account where Id =: stdCon.getId()];
}

 

Thanks,

Samba
Puja_mfsiPuja_mfsi

Hi,

Please change your code as below:

 

public with sharing class UpdateAccountClass{

      public ApexPages.StandardController s;
      public Account a {get; Set;}

      public UpdateAccountClass(ApexPages.StandardController stdCon){
             s = stdCon;

             a = (Account)s.getRecord();
       }

       public PageReference SaveRecord(){
               PageReference p = null;
               a.Name = 'Testing Testing';
                p= s.save();
                return p;
        }
}

 

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Flint LockwoodFlint Lockwood

 

sfdcfox wrote:
You set A to a new copy of the account (by virtue of running a query). Only the record from stdCon.getRecord() will be updated by the standard controller. Remove that line of code and your page will work as you expect. Also, there is no need to use a try-catch block, as StandardController.save() will not throw an error on failure to save (it returns a null page reference instead).

Thank you. This worked