SALESFORCE-PD1 Developer Fundamentals Practice Question
A developer is writing a trigger on the Contact object that needs to reference old field values during an update operation. In which trigger context variable are these previous values stored?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Trigger.old
Trigger.old contains a list of sObject records prior to the update or delete operation.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Trigger.new
Why it's wrong here
Trigger.new holds the new versions of the sObject records.
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Trigger.previousValues
Why it's wrong here
Trigger.previousValues is not a valid trigger context variable.
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Trigger.newMap
Why it's wrong here
Trigger.newMap contains a map of IDs to the new versions of the sObject records.
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Trigger.old
Why this is correct
Trigger.old provides the pre-update state of the records during update and delete triggers.
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