DMLRecipes

DMLRecipes

Demonstrates various ways of making Data Manipulation Language (DML) calls. Note that this class demonstrates both Database.* methods as well as DML Keywords.

Group Data Recipes

Methods

public static insertAccountViaInsertKeywordInSystemMode(String name)

Demonstrates how to use the insert keyword to persist a net-new record to the database in system mode

Parameters

Param	Description
name	name passed through to the name of the created account

Example

DMLRecipes.insertAccountViaInsertKeywordInSystemMode('Hello');

public static insertAccountViaInsertKeywordInUserMode(String name)

Demonstrates how to use the insert keyword to persist a net-new record to the database in user mode

Parameters

Param	Description
name	name passed through to the name of the created account

Example

DMLRecipes.insertAccountViaInsertKeywordInUserMode('Hello');

public static insertAccountsViaDatabaseMethod(String name, Boolean allOrNothing, System accessLevel)

Demonstrates how to use the Database.insert() method to persist a net-new record to the database.

Parameters

Param	Description
name	name Passed through to the account created
allOrNothing	allOrNothing determines whether or not all accounts to be inserted must insert successfully

Example

DMLRecipes.insertAccountsViaDatabaseMethod('Hello', false, AccessLevel.USER_MODE);

public static upsertAccountViaUpsertKeywordInSystemMode(Account acct)

Demonstrates the use of the upsert keyword to either insert or update a record in system mode

Parameters

Param	Description
acct	account to upsert

Returns

Type	Description
Account	Account

Example

DMLRecipes.upsertAccountViaUpsertKeywordInSystemMode(new Account(name='Hello World'));

public static upsertAccountViaUpsertKeywordInUserMode(Account acct)

Demonstrates the use of the upsert keyword to either insert or update a record in user mode

Parameters

Param	Description
acct	account to upsert

Returns

Type	Description
Account	Account

Example

DMLRecipes.upsertAccountViaUpsertKeywordInUserMode(new Account(name='Hello World'));

public static upsertAccountViaDatabaseMethod(Account acct, Boolean allOrNothing, System accessLevel)

Upserts an account with a potential of all or nothing, using the Database.upsert method

Parameters

Param	Description
acct	The account object to upsert
allOrNothing	all or nothing flag

Returns

Type	Description
Database	UpsertResult

Example

DMLRecipes.upsertAccountViaDatabaseMethod(
           new Account(name='Hello World'), false, AccessLevel.USER_MODE);

public static updateAcccountViaKeywordInSystemMode(List<Account> accts)

Demonstrates how to Update a list of accounts via the Update DML keyword in System Mode

Parameters

Param	Description
accts	List of accounts to update

Returns

Type	Description
List	List

Example

Account acct = new Account(name='Hello World');
insert acct;
DMLRecipes.updateAcccountViaKeywordInSystemMode(acct);

public static updateAcccountViaKeywordInUserMode(List<Account> accts)

Demonstrates how to Update a list of accounts via the Update DML keyword

Parameters

Param	Description
accts	List of accounts to update

Returns

Type	Description
List	List

Example

Account acct = new Account(name='Hello World');
insert acct;
DMLRecipes.updateAcccountViaKeyword(acct);

public static updateAccountViaDatabaseMethod(List<Account> accts, System accessLevel)

Demonstrates how to update a list of accounts via the Database.update() method

Parameters

Param	Description
accts	list of accounts to update

Returns

Type	Description
List	List

Example

List<Account> accounts = new List<Account>{new Account(name = 'Hello World')};
insert accounts;
List<Account> results = DMLRecipes.updateAccountViaDatabaseMethod(accounts, AccessLevel.USER_MODE);
System.debug(results);

public static deleteAccountViaKeywordInSystemMode(List<Account> accts)

Deletes a list of accounts via the delete DML keyword

Parameters

Param	Description
accts	list of accounts to delete in system mode

Example

List<Account> accounts = new List<Account>{new Account(name = 'Hello World')};
insert accounts;
DMLRecipes.deleteAccountViaKeywordInSystemMode(accounts);

public static deleteAccountViaKeywordInUserMode(List<Account> accts)

Deletes a list of accounts via the delete DML keyword

Parameters

Param	Description
accts	list of accounts to delete in user mode

Example

List<Account> accounts = new List<Account>{new Account(name = 'Hello World')};
insert accounts;
DMLRecipes.deleteAccountViaKeywordInUserMode(accounts);

public static deleteAccountViaDatabaseMethod(List<Account> accts, System accessLevel)

Deletes a list of accounts via the Database.delete method

Parameters

Param	Description
accts	List of Accounts to delete

Example

List<Account> accounts = new List<Account>{new Account(name = 'Hello World')};
insert accounts in user mode;
DMLRecipes.deleteAccountViaDatabaseMethod(accounts, AccessLevel.USER_MODE);

public static undeleteAccountViaKeywordInSystemMode(List<Account> accts)

Undeletes a list of accounts via the undelete DML keyword

Parameters

Param	Description
accts	List of accounts to undelete in user mode

Returns

Type	Description
List	List

Example

List<Account> accounts = new List<Account>{new Account(name = 'Hello World')};
insert accounts;
delete accounts;
List<Account> results = DMLRecipes.undeleteAccountViaKeywordInSystemMode(accounts);
System.debug(results);

public static undeleteAccountViaKeywordInUserMode(List<Account> accts)

Undeletes a list of accounts via the undelete DML keyword

Parameters

Param	Description
accts	List of accounts to undelete in user mode

Returns

Type	Description
List	List

Example

List<Account> accounts = new List<Account>{new Account(name = 'Hello World')};
insert accounts;
delete accounts;
List<Account> results = DMLRecipes.undeleteAccountViaKeywordInUserMode(accounts);
System.debug(results);

public static undeleteAccountViaDatabaseMethod(List<Account> accts, System accessLevel)

undeletes a list of accounts via the Database.undelete method.

Parameters

Param	Description
accts	list of accounts to undelete

Returns

Type	Description
List	List

Example

List<Account> accounts = new List<Account>{new Account(name = 'Hello World')};
insert accounts;
delete accounts;
List<Account> results = DMLRecipes.undeleteAccountViaDatabaseMethod(accounts, AccessLevel.USER_MODE);
System.debug(results);

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Classes

CustomDMLException

This exception is for throwing a custom exception to highlight how negative tests operate.

Inheritance

CustomDMLException

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