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Saving

What I'm trying to do is save information from a form. Everything I have done is based off examples from SF Docs like the Cookbook so forgive me if things look a little haphazard. This is the code that I have so far. I know that I have to Include <apex:commandButton action="{!save}"> somewhere in there and that I have to create a method for it. This is where I am stuck. I don't quite understand the examples given to me in the cookbook or the visual force documentation. Here is the apex that I have so far. How do I go about saving all this information once entered?



<apex:page Controller="testController" tabStyle="Contact">
   <apex:sectionHeader title="Create new Contact" />

   <apex:form >
       <apex:pageBlock title="Contact" id="thePageBlock" mode="edit">
           <apex:pageMessages />
           <apex:pageBlockButtons >

           </apex:pageBlockButtons>

           <apex:actionRegion >
               <apex:pageBlockSection title="Contact Information" columns="1">
                   <apex:inputField value="{!contact.firstName}"/>
                   <apex:inputField value="{!contact.lastName}"/>
                   <apex:inputField value="{!contact.MailingStreet}"/> 
                   <apex:inputField value="{!contact.MailingCity}"/>
                   <apex:inputField value="{!contact.MailingState}"/>
                   <apex:inputField value="{!contact.MailingPostalCode}"/>
                   <apex:inputField value="{!contact.HomePhone}" />  
                   <apex:inputField value="{!contact.MobilePhone}" />
                   <apex:inputField value="{!contact.Fax}" />                     
     <apex:pageBlockSectionItem >
                       <apex:outputLabel value="Add Company"/>
                       <apex:outputPanel >
                           <apex:inputField value="{!contact.Add_Company__c}">
                               <apex:actionSupport event="onchange" rerender="thePageBlock"status="status2"/>
                           </apex:inputField>
                           <apex:actionStatus startText="applying value..." id="status2"/>
                       </apex:outputPanel>
                   </apex:pageBlockSectionItem>                
  </apex:pageBlockSection>
           </apex:actionRegion>    
          
    <apex:pageBlockSection title="Company Information" columns="1"
                               rendered="{!contact.Add_Company__c == true}">
                               
               <apex:inputField value="{!account.name}" />
               <apex:inputField value="{!account.BillingStreet}" />    
               <apex:inputField value="{!account.BillingCity}" />
               <apex:inputField value="{!account.BillingState}" />
               <apex:inputField value="{!account.BillingPostalCode}" />
               <apex:inputField value="{!account.Phone}" />  
               <apex:inputField value="{!account.Fax}" />                 
           </apex:pageBlockSection>       
       </apex:pageBlock>
   </apex:form>

</apex:page>
So what would I have to add on the controller side?



Message Edited by mr209204 on 07-21-2008 02:23 PM
JeriMorrisJeriMorris
I'm new at this too, so I know how you feel....

Your controller has to have a save() method. Assuming you're working on the example where you create an Account, Opportunity, and Contact in one fell swoop, it should look something like this:

public PageReference save() {
       
    // Create the account
    insert account;
    
    // Create the Contact
    contact.accountId = account.id;
    insert contact;
    
    // Create the Opportunity
    opp.accountId = account.id;
    insert opp;
    
    // Assign the Contact the given OpportunityContactRole
    role.opportunityId = opp.id;
    role.contactId = contact.id;
    insert role;
    
    // Display the results page
    PageReference pg = Page.AccountOppContact_Results;
    pg.setRedirect(true);
    pg.getParameters().put('oppid', opp.id);
    return pg;
}

Note that the signature of the save method (or any other method that you invoke from a VisualForce page) can't include any arguments. When you invoke the save method from your VisualForce code, you don't even use parentheses -- that is, you invoke it with {!save} and NOT {!save()}.  (Figuring that out cost me a few hours....)

I hope this helps!

Jeri