What is compound field?
Compound field – for example Address and Geolocation – binds together multiple information into a single unit. Like Address is one unit of information but actually it is comprises of different primitive information like Street Address, City, State, Country & Postal Code.
Can we query/access address field without addressing individual field components?
Yes, as below.
for(Account acc : [SELECT Name, BillingAddress FROM Account LIMIT 10]){
Address addr = (Address) acc.BillingAddress;
if(addr!=null){ {
System.debug('Address Value: '+addr);
System.debug('# City '+addr.getCity());
System.debug('# Country '+addr.getCountry());
}
}
Can we update compound field directly without going further in apex?
Compound fields are read-only. To update field values, modify the individual field components.
