The length of the first and last names
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There is a Name field of type Name in Contact object. It consists of FirstName and LastName. I can query those two fields using Apex.
Even though I cannot find any proofs in Object Manager of that, I am sure that FirstName and LastName have Text type.
Now I would like to know how many characters they accept (i.e. if their type is Text(n) I would like to know what value does n have). I tried to use Object Manager to find that out, but there seems to be no info about this. And also, when I go to edition of Name field it tells you nothing useful on FirstName and LastName fields.
So, what is the length of FirstName and LastName fields?
Thank you.
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There is a Name field of type Name in Contact object. It consists of FirstName and LastName. I can query those two fields using Apex.
Even though I cannot find any proofs in Object Manager of that, I am sure that FirstName and LastName have Text type.
Now I would like to know how many characters they accept (i.e. if their type is Text(n) I would like to know what value does n have). I tried to use Object Manager to find that out, but there seems to be no info about this. And also, when I go to edition of Name field it tells you nothing useful on FirstName and LastName fields.
So, what is the length of FirstName and LastName fields?
Thank you.
contact fields object setup
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oobarbazanoo
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There is a Name field of type Name in Contact object. It consists of FirstName and LastName. I can query those two fields using Apex.
Even though I cannot find any proofs in Object Manager of that, I am sure that FirstName and LastName have Text type.
Now I would like to know how many characters they accept (i.e. if their type is Text(n) I would like to know what value does n have). I tried to use Object Manager to find that out, but there seems to be no info about this. And also, when I go to edition of Name field it tells you nothing useful on FirstName and LastName fields.
So, what is the length of FirstName and LastName fields?
Thank you.
contact fields object setup
asked Nov 28 at 12:43
oobarbazanoo
14110
There is a Name field of type Name in Contact object. It consists of FirstName and LastName. I can query those two fields using Apex.
Even though I cannot find any proofs in Object Manager of that, I am sure that FirstName and LastName have Text type.
Now I would like to know how many characters they accept (i.e. if their type is Text(n) I would like to know what value does n have). I tried to use Object Manager to find that out, but there seems to be no info about this. And also, when I go to edition of Name field it tells you nothing useful on FirstName and LastName fields.
So, what is the length of FirstName and LastName fields?
Thank you.
contact fields object setup
contact fields object setup
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A quicker way to do that is to use describe call in Apex.
System.debug(Account.FirstName.getDescribe().length); //Prints 40
System.debug(Account.LastName.getDescribe().length); //Prints 80
It also works for All fields standard and custom.
That being said, you can use global describe to get lengths of all fields.
Src : https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_dynamic_describe_objects_understanding.htm
answered Nov 28 at 12:53
Pranay Jaiswal
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you can check details about fields on Contact SOAP API guide
FirstName - The contact’s first name up to 40 characters.
LastName - Required. Last name of the contact up to 80 characters.
answered Nov 28 at 12:46
Oleksandr Berehovskiy
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A quicker way to do that is to use describe call in Apex.
System.debug(Account.FirstName.getDescribe().length); //Prints 40
System.debug(Account.LastName.getDescribe().length); //Prints 80
It also works for All fields standard and custom.
That being said, you can use global describe to get lengths of all fields.
Src : https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_dynamic_describe_objects_understanding.htm
answered Nov 28 at 12:53
Pranay Jaiswal
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A quicker way to do that is to use describe call in Apex.
System.debug(Account.FirstName.getDescribe().length); //Prints 40
System.debug(Account.LastName.getDescribe().length); //Prints 80
It also works for All fields standard and custom.
That being said, you can use global describe to get lengths of all fields.
Src : https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_dynamic_describe_objects_understanding.htm
answered Nov 28 at 12:53
Pranay Jaiswal
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A quicker way to do that is to use describe call in Apex.
System.debug(Account.FirstName.getDescribe().length); //Prints 40
System.debug(Account.LastName.getDescribe().length); //Prints 80
It also works for All fields standard and custom.
That being said, you can use global describe to get lengths of all fields.
Src : https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_dynamic_describe_objects_understanding.htm
answered Nov 28 at 12:53
Pranay Jaiswal
11.7k32051
A quicker way to do that is to use describe call in Apex.
System.debug(Account.FirstName.getDescribe().length); //Prints 40
System.debug(Account.LastName.getDescribe().length); //Prints 80
It also works for All fields standard and custom.
That being said, you can use global describe to get lengths of all fields.
Src : https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_dynamic_describe_objects_understanding.htm
answered Nov 28 at 12:53
Pranay Jaiswal
11.7k32051
answered Nov 28 at 12:53
Pranay Jaiswal
11.7k32051
answered Nov 28 at 12:53
Pranay Jaiswal
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answered Nov 28 at 12:53
Pranay Jaiswal
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you can check details about fields on Contact SOAP API guide
FirstName - The contact’s first name up to 40 characters.
LastName - Required. Last name of the contact up to 80 characters.
answered Nov 28 at 12:46
Oleksandr Berehovskiy
9,16131937
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up vote
4
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you can check details about fields on Contact SOAP API guide
FirstName - The contact’s first name up to 40 characters.
LastName - Required. Last name of the contact up to 80 characters.
answered Nov 28 at 12:46
Oleksandr Berehovskiy
9,16131937
add a comment |
up vote
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up vote
4
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you can check details about fields on Contact SOAP API guide
FirstName - The contact’s first name up to 40 characters.
LastName - Required. Last name of the contact up to 80 characters.
answered Nov 28 at 12:46
Oleksandr Berehovskiy
9,16131937
you can check details about fields on Contact SOAP API guide
FirstName - The contact’s first name up to 40 characters.
LastName - Required. Last name of the contact up to 80 characters.
answered Nov 28 at 12:46
Oleksandr Berehovskiy
9,16131937
answered Nov 28 at 12:46
Oleksandr Berehovskiy
9,16131937
answered Nov 28 at 12:46
Oleksandr Berehovskiy
9,16131937
answered Nov 28 at 12:46
Oleksandr Berehovskiy
9,16131937
9,16131937
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