Manipulate CreatedDate property of test-context sObjects
One thing I somehow missed in the Spring ’16 update is a new method in the System.Test class called setCreatedDate() .
0507, 2016
1003, 2016
Triggers: Before vs After
When you’re writing a trigger, you face a decision about whether your trigger will execute Before or After. How do you decide?
0103, 2016
Dynamic Record Cloning
I’m building a custom cloning functionality that needs to meet a few objectives, most important of which is being dynamic. I don’t want to build these out for each object in our instance.
2502, 2016
Using Dynamic URLS to access Static Resources
I think we’ve all been guilty of hardcoding URLs at some time – I tend to do it when I’m whizzing through some development and I’m too in the zone to do things properly. I’ll just come back and fix it once I’m out of the zone.
2302, 2016
Display Numeric Fields Without Commas Using Validation Rules
When wanting to display a number field without a comma, I’ve generally made a number field then a formula text field to display the value as text:
2002, 2016
Apple vs the FBI & the effect on SaaS
If you’re not following the current battle between Apple and the FBI, you probably should be. Long story short, the FBI wants access to the iPhone belonging to one of the deceased shooters from the San Bernardino incident, and they’ve secured a court order from the United States District Court of California to this effect.
1602, 2016
Default Record Types & Profiles With No Access To Object Settings
I came across something Friday regarding default record types and Profiles with no access to Object Settings (the three Chatter profiles).
1202, 2016
15 vs 18 digit keys in Salesforce – What gives?
Something I’m consistently surprised to see is the misunderstanding around the two different types of keys in Salesforce. Every record has two keys: a 15-digit, case-insensitive key, and an 18-digit case-sensitive key.