merge()

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17public Boolean mergeRecords()
18{
19   Boolean success = false;
20   // Array to hold the results
21   String[] accountIds = new String[2];
22   try
23   {
24      // Create two accounts to merge
25      Account[] accounts = new Account[2];
26      Account masterAccount = new Account();
27      masterAccount.Name = "MasterAccount";
28      masterAccount.Description = "The Account record to merge with.";
29      accounts[0] = masterAccount;
30      Account accountToMerge = new Account();
31      accountToMerge.Name = "AccountToMerge";
32      accountToMerge
33            .Description = "The Account record that will be merged.";
34      accounts[1] = accountToMerge;
35      SaveResult[] saveResults = binding.create(accounts);
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37      if (saveResults.Length > 0)
38      {
39         for (int i = 0; i < saveResults.Length; i++)
40         {
41            if (saveResults[i].success)
42            {
43               accountIds[i] = saveResults[i].id;
44               Console.WriteLine("Created Account ID: "
45                     + accountIds[i]);
46            }
47            else
48            {
49               // If any account is not created,
50               // print the error returned and exit
51               Console.WriteLine("An error occurred while creating account."
52                           + " Error message: "
53                           + saveResults[i].errors[0].message);
54               return success;
55            }
56         }
57      }
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59      // Set the Ids of the accounts 
60      masterAccount.Id = accountIds[0];
61      accountToMerge.Id = accountIds[1];
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63      // Attach a note to the account to be merged with the master,
64      // which will get re-parented after the merge
65      Note note = new Note();
66      Console.WriteLine("Attaching note to record " +
67            accountIds[1]);
68      note.ParentId = accountIds[1];
69      note.Title = "Merged Notes";
70      note.Body = "This note will be moved to the "
71            + "MasterAccount during merge";
72      SaveResult[] sRes = binding.create(new sObject[] { note });
73      if (sRes[0].success)
74      {
75         Console.WriteLine("Created Note record.");
76      }
77      else
78      {
79         Error[] errors = sRes[0].errors;
80         Console.WriteLine("Could not create Note record: "
81               + errors[0].message);
82      }
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84      // Perform the merge
85      MergeRequest mReq = new MergeRequest();
86      masterAccount.Description = "Was merged";
87      mReq.masterRecord = masterAccount;
88      mReq.recordToMergeIds = new String[] { saveResults[1].id };
89      MergeResult mRes = binding.merge(new MergeRequest[] { mReq })[0];
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91      if (mRes.success)
92      {
93         Console.WriteLine("Merge successful.");
94         // Write the IDs of merged records
95         foreach (String mergedId in mRes.mergedRecordIds)
96         {
97            Console.WriteLine("Merged Record ID: " + mergedId);
98         }
99         // Write the updated child records. (In this case the note.)
100         Console.WriteLine(
101               "Child records updated: " + mRes.updatedRelatedIds.Length);
102         success = true;
103      }
104      else
105      {
106         Console.WriteLine("Failed to merge records. Error message: " +
107               mRes.errors[0].message);
108      }
109   }
110   catch (SoapException e)
111   {
112      Console.WriteLine("An unexpected error has occurred: " +
113                                 e.Message + "\n" + e.StackTrace);
114   }
115   return success;
116}