SOQL in Salesforce - Write & Optimize Queries (Crash Course)

Master SOQL in Salesforce by querying standard and custom fields, breaking down compound fields like billing address, and applying where clauses with today and string literals for practical use cases.

Master key soql operators such as or, and, in, like, order by, limit, offset, count, group by, and having with practical examples on accounts, cases, opportunities, and leads.

Master how to use not null and equal to null checks in SOQL queries to filter out blank data and drive accurate results.

Learn how to use boolean flags in SOQL to filter records by checkbox fields, using a where clause to find opportunities with create task true or false.

Learn date and date time queries in SOQL, filtering by current month, last month, or a range, and handle created date as a date time field with a time component.

Learn how to escape special characters in SOQL using the backslash, enabling apostrophes, quotes, and backslashes to be treated as string parts in queries.

Learn why select star isn’t allowed in Salesforce with multitenant architecture. Use the fields function to query all fields, standard fields, or custom fields with ID under a 200-record limit.

Learn how to escape reserved characters in SOQL using the backslash, to correctly handle apostrophes and backslashes and avoid parsing errors.

Examine governor limits in SOQL: 100 synchronous queries per transaction, 50,000 records per query, and related constraints, with examples on parent-child queries and escaping reserved characters.

Explore SOQL basics through a quiz: use the or operator for multiple values, last_week to fetch last week, like with %, and dot notation for parent fields; 50,000-record limit.