Exam Certified Platform Developer II topic 1 question 50 discussion

Actual exam question from Salesforce's Certified Platform Developer II

Question #: 50
Topic #: 1

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A company has a custom object, Order__c, that has a required, unique, external ID field called Order_Number__c.
Which statement should be used to perform the DML necessary to insert new records and update existing records in a List of Order__c records?

A. upsert orders;
B. upsert orders Order_Number__c;
C. merge orders Order_Number__c;
D. merge orders;

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by karappo at Feb. 15, 2023, 9:11 a.m.

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MetaLojiqTee

10 months ago

Selected Answer: B

If you don't specify the external Id Order_Number__c as the matching field, many records may be inserted with the same Order_Number__c (but different Salesforce Ids), introducing duplicates

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santo_aj

1 year ago

Selected Answer: B

B is de correct answer. https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_dml_section.htm?q=upsert

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santo_aj

1 year, 1 month ago

Correct answer is B. This next example performs an upsert of a list of accounts using a foreign key for matching existing records, if any. List<Account> acctList = new List<Account>(); // Fill the accounts list with some accounts try { // Upsert using an external ID field upsert acctList myExtIDField__c; } catch (DmlException e) { ... }

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bungie

1 year, 1 month ago

Shouldn't the answer be A, do we need to specify the field?

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YNWA_A1

10 months, 1 week ago

if you dont specifiy the field, it will take the standard id fiel

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karappo

1 year, 3 months ago

https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_dml_section.htm?q=upsert

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