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Glossary
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Database Namespace
The Database namespace
provides classes used with DML operations.
The following are the classes in the Database namespace.
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Batchable Interface
The class that implements this interface can be executed as a batch Apex job. -
BatchableContext Interface
Represents the parameter type of a batch job method and contains the batch job ID. This interface is implemented internally by Apex. -
DeletedRecord Class
Contains information about a deleted record. -
DeleteResult Class
Represents the result of a delete DML operation returned by the Database.delete method. -
DMLOptions Class
Enables you to set options related to DML operations. -
DmlOptions.AssignmentRuleHeader Class
Enables setting assignment rule options. -
DMLOptions.DuplicateRuleHeader Class
Determines options for using duplicate rules to detect duplicate records. Duplicate rules are part of the Duplicate Management feature. -
DmlOptions.EmailHeader Class
Enables setting email options. -
DuplicateError Class
Contains information about an error that occurred when an attempt was made to save a duplicate record. Use if your organization has set up duplicate rules, which are part of the Duplicate Management feature. -
EmptyRecycleBinResult Class
The result of the emptyRecycleBin DML operation returned by the Database.emptyRecycleBin method. -
Error Class
Represents information about an error that occurred during a DML operation when using a Database method. -
GetDeletedResult Class
Contains the deleted records retrieved for a specific sObject type and time window. -
GetUpdatedResult Class
Contains the result for the Database.getUpdated method call. -
LeadConvert Class
Contains information used for lead conversion. -
LeadConvertResult Class
The result of a lead conversion. -
MergeResult Class
Contains the result of a merge Database method operation. -
QueryLocator Class
Represents the record set returned by Database.getQueryLocator and used with Batch Apex. -
QueryLocatorIterator Class
Represents an iterator over a query locator record set. -
SaveResult Class
The result of an insert or update DML operation returned by a Database method. -
UndeleteResult Class
The result of an undelete DML operation returned by the Database.undelete method. -
UpsertResult Class
The result of an upsert DML operation returned by the Database.upsert method.