is there a document listing all standard objects and fields in salesforce.com? i am looking for more thorough listing than provided in http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api/index.htm. for example, AccountPartner.OpportunityId is not covered by the documentation.

thanks

could please someone clarify how the standard objects and fields are implemented for different organizations?

i have found that some organizations in salesforce.com do not have all 'standard' objects (http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api/index.htm). for example, AccountTerritoryAssignmentRule, AccountTerritoryAssignmentRuleItem, CaseSolution, CategoryData, etc. are missing in some organizations' data models.

at the next level -- fields in the standard objects -- the picture is getting a bit more confusing:

1. some organization have more standard fields (their 'custom' attribute is set to 'false') than others.
   
2. in some cases, the standard objects for different organization will have several different fields, e.g. one organization has Case.ContactId, but the other one has Case.CurrencyIsoCode.
   
3. sometimes, the same fields have different values for 'nillable' attribute in different organizations. this happens a lot with CurrencyIsoCode field. there are some organization where the CurrencyIsoCode fields are nillable in all tables, and there are other organizations where the same fields are not nillable.

i would appreciate if someone could provide links to the articles or documentation describing this kind of level of details for the salesforce.com data model.

thanks.

i have questions regarding the process followed by salesforce.com when changing the data model (i.e. definitions of standard tables: http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api/index.htm):

1. does salesforce.com inform its customers about up-coming changes?
2. does salesforce.com apply changes to all organizations at the same time? or, is it possible that some organizations will use old data models while other organizations have been migrated to the new one?
3. does salesforce.com apply changes to all organizations on both the 'real' and sandbox sites at the same time?
4. does salesforce.com ever delete any of the standard objects or their columns without providing new alternatives?
   

thanks

does anyone know where to find description of the following standard objects, which are not described in the apex documentation: http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api/Content/sforce_api_objects_list.htm?

• ApexClass
• ApexTrigger
• Calendar
• EmailRoutingAddress
• EventAttendee
• ExternalString
• ExternalStringLocalization
• LocalizedValue
• LoginHours
  
• LoginIpRange
• Mactive_Contracts__History
• OutboundField
• PricebookShare
• Stanford_GSB_Object__History
• Translation
• TranslationUser
• sf62_tom__Holiday_Calendar__History
• sf62_tom__Pay_Cycle__History
• sf62_tom__Payroll_System__History
• sf62_tom__Requested_Day__History
• sf62_tom__Time_Off_Info__History
• sf62_tom__Time_Off_Info__Share
• sf62_tom__Time_Off_Request__History
• sf62_tom__Time_Off_Request__Share
  

i use salesforce.com's partner api, version 10, to retrieve all objects in my organization, and then i filter out the ones with 'custom' and 'queryable' attributes set to false.

thanks.

is there a document listing all standard objects and fields in salesforce.com? i am looking for more thorough listing than provided in http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api/index.htm. for example, AccountPartner.OpportunityId is not covered by the documentation.

thanks

could please someone clarify how the standard objects and fields are implemented for different organizations?

i have found that some organizations in salesforce.com do not have all 'standard' objects (http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api/index.htm). for example, AccountTerritoryAssignmentRule, AccountTerritoryAssignmentRuleItem, CaseSolution, CategoryData, etc. are missing in some organizations' data models.

at the next level -- fields in the standard objects -- the picture is getting a bit more confusing:

1. some organization have more standard fields (their 'custom' attribute is set to 'false') than others.
   
2. in some cases, the standard objects for different organization will have several different fields, e.g. one organization has Case.ContactId, but the other one has Case.CurrencyIsoCode.
   
3. sometimes, the same fields have different values for 'nillable' attribute in different organizations. this happens a lot with CurrencyIsoCode field. there are some organization where the CurrencyIsoCode fields are nillable in all tables, and there are other organizations where the same fields are not nillable.

i would appreciate if someone could provide links to the articles or documentation describing this kind of level of details for the salesforce.com data model.

thanks.

i have questions regarding the process followed by salesforce.com when changing the data model (i.e. definitions of standard tables: http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api/index.htm):

1. does salesforce.com inform its customers about up-coming changes?
2. does salesforce.com apply changes to all organizations at the same time? or, is it possible that some organizations will use old data models while other organizations have been migrated to the new one?
3. does salesforce.com apply changes to all organizations on both the 'real' and sandbox sites at the same time?
4. does salesforce.com ever delete any of the standard objects or their columns without providing new alternatives?
   

thanks