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K. KapitanovSalesforce Developer I CertificationCertification Study Companion Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0300-0_6

6. SOQL and SOSL

Konstantin Kapitanov1  
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Borås, Sweden
 

6.1 Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL)

Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL) is a query language used to retrieve data from Salesforce databases. It is similar to SQL (Structured Query Language) but has some syntax differences and is designed specifically for querying Salesforce objects.

SOQL allows developers to query data from a single object or from multiple related objects in the database. It is commonly used to retrieve specific records or to search for records that ...

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