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Learning Force.com Application Development
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Learning Force.com Application Development

by Chamil Madusanka
April 2015
Beginner content levelBeginner
406 pages
8h 50m
English
Packt Publishing
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Force.com record IDs

In the Force.com platform, the Record ID is an important thing to understand before learning about data management operations. The Record ID is the unique identifier of a record. It is analogous to a primary or foreign key field in a database table. The record IDs can be obtained in the following ways:

  • URL of the record detail view
  • Running reports
  • Web services API
  • Formulas
  • Data loader (API Access)

The Force.com platform generates the record ID when a new record is created. There are two forms of a record ID:

  • 15-digit case-sensitive form: This form is used in the URL and report. The reports framework does not expose IDs for all objects.
  • 18-digit case-insensitive form: This form is used in Data Loader. When you migrate data from legacy ...
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