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ColinKenworthy1ColinKenworthy1 

Apex equivalent of API call describeSObject - Trying to find length of a custom Text field.

Is there an Apex equivalent of the API call describeSObject?

 

Since API 15.0 moving a string to the target string that is longer than the target string's length causes an error.

I'd like to discover the target string's length in advance to I can move a substring of the original string and avoid the error. i.e.

 

integer i = /** code here to discover length of targetString__c **/;

myCustomObj__c.targetString__c = Left('Some really long string value for targetString__c', i );
 


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ColinKenworthy1ColinKenworthy1
Took a bit of digging but I answered my own question. Substitute your own values for CustObj__c and CustField__c.
 
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integer fieldLength = Schema.SObjectType.CustObj__c.fields.CustField__c.getLength();