AJAX Toolkit Developer Guide

AJAX Toolkit Developer Guide
When to Use the AJAX Toolkit
Working with the AJAX Toolkit
API Calls and the AJAX Toolkit
Synchronous and Asynchronous Calls with the AJAX Toolkit
Object Functions
Data Types in AJAX Toolkit
source Context Variable
Debugging with the AJAX Toolkit
Example Calls Using the Ajax Toolkit
Examples of Synchronous Calls
Examples of Asynchronous Calls
API End-of-Life Policy
SOAP Header Options with the AJAX Toolkit
Error Handling with the AJAX Toolkit
Advanced Topics
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Examples of Synchronous Calls

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Data Call Examples

login Example:

query Example:

queryMore Example:

queryAll Example:

Relationship Query Example—Child to Parent:

Relationship name formats differ depending on the direction of the relationship (parent-to-child or child-to-parent), and also depending on whether the objects are standard or custom objects. For more information, see Relationship Queries in the Salesforce SOQL and SOSL Reference Guide at www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/soql_sosl/index.htm.

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Relationship Query Example—Parent to Child:

create Example:

Batch create Example:

delete Example:

merge Example:

process Example:

update Example:

undelete Example:

upsert Example:

retrieve Example:

search Example:

getDeleted Example:

getUpdated Example:

convertLead Example:

Describe Examples

describeSObject Account Example:

describeSObjects Example:

describeGlobal Example:

describeLayout Example:

describeTabs Example:

Utility Examples

getServerTimestamp Example:

getUserInfo Example:

resetPassword and setPassword Example:

sendEmail Example:

The following sample shows best practice techniques by putting all processing in a function that does not execute until the HTML page is loaded.