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DowithforceDowithforce 

Create dynamic listbox and SOQL query with its item

Hello All,

 

 I need to fetch all fields of contact object and form a list box like as follows

 

 

  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Email
  • Phone 
 
by choosing a item from listbox need to form SOQL query with choosen field name for e.g. If I choose 
 
Email field then my query will be 
 
 
data = [Select Phone,Name,email,Title from contact where  Email = NULL   ]  ;  
return data; 
 
I need to add "Email"  field as dynamic value. Here I am getting value of listbox item in controller method, but I am not able to concate string in SOQL. 
 
Can anyone help me? for following task
 
1. Create listbox with fetch fields from Contact object?
2. Create a dynamic field name value in SOQL?
 
 
Thanks 
 
Dowithforce

 

Message Edited by Dowithforce on 03-17-2009 03:09 AM
Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
SteveEthosSteveEthos

Not sure why you do not have a response yet, it is straight forward.  Here is how we have addressed this:

 

First, dynamic SOQL is easy:

 

String query = 'select ' + fieldList + ' from pat_Patient__c where id = \'' + id + '\'';

returnVal = (pat_Patient__c)Database.query(query); 

 

(of course protect the string from sql injection)

 

Second, building the dynamic Dropdown list:

 

fieldList = new List<SelectOption>();
fieldList.add( new SelectOption( '', '--None--')) ; 
 
Map<String, Schema.SObjectField> fMap = Schema.SObjectType.Contact.fields.getMap();
List<Schema.SObjectField> fTokens = fMap.values() ;

for( Integer i = 0 ; i < fTokens.size() ; i++ )
{
     Schema.DescribeFieldResult f = fTokens.get(i).getDescribe();
         if( f.isAccessible())  fieldList.add( new SelectOption( f.getName(), f.getLabel()));  
}

 

 

I hope this helps you, or anyone else who is trying to do something similar.

 

Steve