I am relatively new to Apex, and have tried but it appears not very well to create a simple trigger. I simply have 2 custom contact fields (one plain text and one a Lookup field). If the plain text matches a string of text I just need to populate the lookup field with a corresponding ID of a custom object. I have tried all sorts using code samples from the boards, etc. but simply this is what I am trying to achieve:
trigger myTrigger on Contact (after insert, after update){ if(Contact.Affiliate__c = '123') Contact.Affiliate_Source__c = 'a0BQ0000003TAAo'; }
I will update contacts using Lead conversion and also mass import using the Apex data loader, so I presume any solution will work on each contact upsert.
I know there are more complex functions that include looking up the ID, etc. but I am just trying to get this working in it's most basic form - and would appreciate any help. I am sure it's really simple :)
I am relatively new to Apex, and have tried but it appears not very well to create a simple trigger. I simply have 2 custom contact fields (one plain text and one a Lookup field). If the plain text matches a string of text I just need to populate the lookup field with a corresponding ID of a custom object. I have tried all sorts using code samples from the boards, etc. but simply this is what I am trying to achieve:
trigger myTrigger on Contact (after insert, after update){ if(Contact.Affiliate__c = '123') Contact.Affiliate_Source__c = 'a0BQ0000003TAAo'; }
I will update contacts using Lead conversion and also mass import using the Apex data loader, so I presume any solution will work on each contact upsert.
I know there are more complex functions that include looking up the ID, etc. but I am just trying to get this working in it's most basic form - and would appreciate any help. I am sure it's really simple :)
