SOQL Skills

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SOQL Contact Query

Querying Contact Records

SOQL contact query fetches Contact Email with filters.

Introduction to SOQL Contact Queries

SOQL (Salesforce Object Query Language) is used to query Salesforce databases. A common use case is retrieving contact information, such as email addresses, with specific filters. This guide will demonstrate how to construct SOQL queries to fetch contact emails efficiently.

Basic SOQL Contact Query

The simplest form of a SOQL query to retrieve contact emails involves selecting the Email field from the Contact object. Here's an example:

Filtering Contacts by Criteria

To make queries more effective, you can filter results based on specific criteria. For example, to retrieve email addresses of contacts from a particular city, you can use the following query:

Using Multiple Filters

SOQL allows combining multiple filters using logical operators such as AND and OR. Here's how you can retrieve contact emails where the contact is from San Francisco and the email domain is 'example.com':

Ordering and Limiting Results

You can sort the results of your query using the ORDER BY clause and limit the number of records returned with the LIMIT clause. Here's an example of both:

Conclusion

SOQL provides powerful capabilities to query Salesforce data efficiently. By using filters, logical operators, and sorting, you can tailor your queries to retrieve exactly the data you need. Practice constructing different queries to become proficient in using SOQL for contact data retrieval.

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