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Soql in Salesforce

Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL) is designed for retrieving data from Salesforce objects, offering features like filtering, sorting, and support for aggregate functions. It allows for efficient querying through specific syntax and best practices, such as avoiding SELECT * and using LIMIT. Understanding SOQL is crucial for developers to effectively manipulate data within Apex and Visualforce applications.

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Soql in Salesforce

Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL) is designed for retrieving data from Salesforce objects, offering features like filtering, sorting, and support for aggregate functions. It allows for efficient querying through specific syntax and best practices, such as avoiding SELECT * and using LIMIT. Understanding SOQL is crucial for developers to effectively manipulate data within Apex and Visualforce applications.

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SOQL in Salesforce

Introduction

Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL) is used to retrieve data from Salesforce objects. It is
similar to SQL but designed specifically for Salesforce data.

Key Features

 Retrieve Data Efficiently: Fetches records from Salesforce objects.

 Supports Filtering and Sorting: Enables precise queries.

 Works with Apex & Visualforce: Used in Apex classes, triggers, and Visualforce pages.

 Supports Aggregate Functions: Performs calculations on data.

Basic SOQL Syntax

SELECT Name, Industry FROM Account WHERE Industry = 'Technology'

Querying Multiple Fields

SELECT Id, Name, Phone, Website FROM Account

Using WHERE Clause for Filtering

SELECT Id, Name FROM Contact WHERE LastName = 'Smith'

Sorting Results with ORDER BY

SELECT Name, AnnualRevenue FROM Account ORDER BY AnnualRevenue DESC

Limiting Records with LIMIT

SELECT Name FROM Opportunity ORDER BY CloseDate DESC LIMIT 5

Using Aggregate Functions

SELECT COUNT(Id), Industry FROM Account GROUP BY Industry

Relationship Queries

Child-to-Parent Query (Using dot notation)

SELECT Name, Account.Name FROM Contact

Parent-to-Child Query (Using subquery)

SELECT Name, (SELECT LastName FROM Contacts) FROM Account

Best Practices

 Use SELECT specific fields instead of SELECT * to improve efficiency.

 Filter data using WHERE to minimize returned records.

 Use LIMIT to prevent large result sets.

 Leverage indexes for faster queries.


 Avoid SOQL inside loops to prevent governor limit violations.

Conclusion

SOQL is an essential tool for querying Salesforce data efficiently. By following best practices and
understanding its features, developers can retrieve and manipulate data effectively within Apex
and Visualforce applications.

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