How do I build a SOQL in a list of IDs?

245 Asked by DavidEDWARDS in Salesforce , Asked on May 11, 2023

Can someone correct my soql? I need to export records in data loader like:

WHERE Id IN ('123123123','123123fsdf')
But this following query does not work for me:
SELECT Id, Syndication_Documents__c FROM ContentVersion 
WHERE Syndication_Documents__c in : 'a4fa0000000KzbV','a4fa0000000KzbW'

Answered by Clare Matthews

If it's not in Apex code you don't need the : and you need to add ( )



So your SOQL in list could be rewritten as:

SELECT Id, Syndication_Documents__c 

   FROM ContentVersion 

   WHERE Syndication_Documents__c IN ('a4fa0000000KzbV','a4fa0000000KzbW')

If you're doing it from Apex and have a Collection (Set, List, or Map) you can bind them to the query and avoid the string manipulation:

Set records = new Set{ 'a4fa0000000KzbV','a4fa0000000KzbW' }; //or an existing collection from elsewhere

List results = [SELECT Id, Syndication_Documents__c 

       FROM ContentVersion 

       WHERE Syndication_Documents__c IN :records];

How do I build a SOQL in a list of IDs?

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