SALESFORCE-PD1 Developer Fundamentals Practice Question
An Apex trigger processes a large volume of Opportunity updates. The developer uses Database.update(opps, false) to allow partial success. How should the developer inspect the results to handle any failures?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Iterate over the returned List<Database.SaveResult> and check the isSuccess() method.
Database methods returning partial success provide a list of Database.SaveResult objects that contain error details.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Inspect the Trigger.errors context variable.
Why it's wrong here
Trigger.errors is not a standard context variable for inspecting database save results.
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Wrap the Database.update call in a try-catch block and inspect the DMLException methods.
Why it's wrong here
Passing 'false' for allOrNone suppresses exceptions on failure, returning SaveResult objects instead.
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Iterate over the returned List<Database.SaveResult> and check the isSuccess() method.
Why this is correct
Database.SaveResult objects hold status flags and error lists for each processed record.
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Query the AsyncApexJob object to check for error logs.
Why it's wrong here
Database.update is synchronous and does not generate an AsyncApexJob record.
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