References broken when using OldMap

[Eric Alexander]

When obtaining the sObject from trigger.oldMap the field references are broken.

What it should be:

When done from the old map get

The references to the sObject seem to not be found. Maybe it looses the reference to the type for the trigger?

[Scott Wells]

Yeah, this is because oldMap is untyped by default. I've been meaning to make it smarter when referenced in the context of a trigger itself. Unfortunately if referenced outside the context of a trigger, there's no reliable way to know the SObject for which the trigger fired. I'll keep this open to make it work better in triggers at least.