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trmptrmp 

Apex Merge Statement doesn't merge the record level data

Merging two contacts:

 

Contact c1 = new Contact(firstname='bob', lastname='smith');
Contact c2 = new Contact(firstname='bob', lastname='smith', description='Test Description');
insert new List<Contact>{ c1, c2 };

merge c1 c2;
System.assertEquals('Test Description', c1.description);

 This code gives the following failure:

System.AssertException: Assertion Failed: Expected: Test Description, Actual: null

 

Is it expected behavior for the Apex merge statement to not merge the data from the deleted contacts into the master contact? 

 

Thanks!

sfdcfoxsfdcfox
Correct. You as a developer are expected to update the master record with the surviving values.
trmptrmp

Got it. I figured as much, but as the documentation didn't say explicitly that it didn't do this, I was unsure if it was intentional. It would be nice if there were some built in DML options with this, like a boolean for "override blank values" or something.

 

Anywho, for our purposes, we're just going to route the user to the built in merge contacts page to provide the most flexibility.

 

Thanks!