Capture only the error message from validation rule and display in VF page?

Question

i have set up a few validation rules and i have a VFpage using this object. I am able to capture the validation exception and display it on the VF page. The issue is that it shows message as

   " Upsert Failed : First exception on row 0: first error;

     FIELD_CUSTOM_VALIDATION_EXCEPTION Quantity cannot be empty

Is there a way i can just capture the error message in validation Rule "Quantity cannot be empty" ?

Thanks

Wookie88 · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-07 11:55:13Z

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Unfortunately, Ralph's post is not 100% correct (see Prady's comment that it won't work for top-of-page validation errors), so I write this answer to clearify.

Add <apex:pageMessages/> tag to your page
Enclose your DML statement with try catch like this:

try{

update account; //or anything else

} catch(System.DmlException e) {
   ApexPages.addMessage(new ApexPages.Message(ApexPages.Severity.ERROR, e.getDmlMessage(0)));
}

This will print the first DML error that statement caused which is usually what you want. You can also try e.getMessage() but this will show additional information (like Update failed. First exception on row 0 with id 001L000000QgmomIAB; first error: FIELD_CUSTOM_VALIDATION_EXCEPTION etc.) which is not user friendly. The advantage of e.getDmlMessage is that it prints only the validation rule when the error is caused by validation rule.

edited Jan 7, 2017 at 11:55

answered May 23, 2014 at 9:34

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rtconner Over a year ago

ApexPages.Message and not ApexPage.Message but otherwise this fixed my issue, thanks.

Wookie88 Over a year ago

Thanks for your comment, fixed.

Ralph Callaway · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-21 19:16:15Z

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Visualforce can do this for you

Add the <apex:pageMessages/> tag to your page. (This is the container that displays any error messages if present)
Surround your DML call with try {} catch(DMLException e) {} (When you catch the exception you won't get redirected to the error pages, but salesforce will automatically create a "PageMessage" for the validation failure.

answered Apr 21, 2012 at 19:16

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Prady Over a year ago

It doesnt seem to catch if we have the validation rule error message to show up on top of page. It works if its set the field

Force Hero · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-09 09:12:37Z

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If you use this:

ApexPages.addMessages(e);

instead the user will receive all validation messages at the same time instead of having to work through each one, one at a time.

answered Dec 9, 2014 at 9:12

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