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    What is the use of getKeyPrefix() function in Salesforce ?

    Posted by Kirandeep on May 8, 2020 at 2:01 PM

    What is the use of getKeyPrefix() function in Salesforce ?

    Pooja replied 6 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Anuj

    Member
    May 8, 2020 at 2:48 PM

    It is a predefined function of DescribeSObjectResult Class which Returns the three-character prefix code for the object. Record IDs are prefixed with three-character codes that specify the type of the object (for example, accounts have a prefix of 001 and opportunities have a prefix of 006).

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  • Pooja

    Member
    May 11, 2020 at 5:50 AM

    It is a predefined function of DescribeSObjectResult Class which Returns the three-character prefix code for the object.

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