Look-up VS Master-Detail Relationship in SalesForce

Samuel Fernandes

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Re: Look-up VS Master-Detail Relationship in SalesForce

Posted on March-04-2015 7:32 AM

Master – Detail Relationship :

If we delete master records then detail (Child) records are deleted.
It creates the parent(master) child(Detail) relationship between objects.
Child records do not have Owner fields it takes parents records owner as child records owner.
We can have maximum 2 master details on an object

Look up relationship :

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Mayank Tripathi

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Points:3117

Re: Look-up VS Master-Detail Relationship in SalesForce

Posted on March-04-2015 7:35 AM

Master-detail relationship

1)in MD relationship field value is mandatory
2) here parent record is deleted automatically child records is deleted
3) an object is allowed only 2 m-d relationship fields
4) if we give any rules to parent that rules automatically goes to the child. Child does not conatin any seperate rules.
5)we can directly conert m-d relationship to lookup relationship
6) if we give a value to m-d relationship field that value doesnot changed.

Lookup relationship

1)in lookup relationship field value is not mandatory
2) here parent record is deleted automatically child records are not deleted
3) an object is allowed only 25 relationship fields
4) here parent rules and child rules are may be same or not.
5)if we cannot give a value to the lookup field then we can't directly conert lookup relationship to master-detail relationship here first we need to give a value to the lookup field.
6) if we give a value to lookup relationship field we can change that value whenever we required.

hope this wil help you understand the difference between the two :)

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