Write a trigger on Account Whenever New Account Record is created, then needs to create associated Contact Record Automatically with Account name as Contact LastName and Account Phone as Contact Phone in Salesforce

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In this post we are going to learn about how to Write a trigger on Account Whenever New Account Record is created, then needs to create associated Contact Record Automatically with Account name as Contact LastName and Account Phone as Contact Phone in Salesforce.

What is the use of Apex triggers?

Apex triggers enable you to perform custom actions before or after events to records in Salesforce, such as insertions, updates, or deletions. Just like database systems support triggers, Apex provides trigger support for managing records. To know more details about Apex Triggers, Click Here →

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Create Apex Trigger →
Step 1:- Create Apex Trigger : accountContactTrigger.apxt

`TRIGGER accountContactTrigger ON Account (BEFORE INSERT, after INSERT) {
IF(TRIGGER.isBefore){
system.debug('I am inside before event');

}ELSE IF(TRIGGER.isAfter){
	IF(TRIGGER.isInsert){
		List<Contact> conList = NEW List<Contact>();
		FOR(Account a1:TRIGGER.new){
			Contact c1 = NEW Contact();
			c1.accountId=a1.Id;
			c1.LastName=a1.Name;
			c1.phone=a1.Phone;		
           	conList.add(c1);			
		}
		INSERT conList;
	}
}

}`

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