## TL;DR

The transaction did more than 150 DML statements. Bulkify: collect records and do one DML per object instead of DML inside a loop.

## Error

```text
TOO_MANY_DML_STATEMENTS: 151
```

## Steps

1. Find the DML inside a loop Expected: you locate the violation.
2. Collect records in a list and do a single DML after the loop Expected: one statement replaces hundreds.
3. Re-run the transaction Expected: it succeeds.
4. Add a limits assertion in tests Expected: it cannot regress.

## When to use

- TOO_MANY_DML_STATEMENTS
- DML inside a loop

## When not to use

- The code is bulkified (then check for trigger or flow DML)
- You genuinely need many DMLs (then use batch apex)

## Tool compatibility

- Salesforce governor limits
- Bulkified Apex

## Variant phrasings

### too many dml statements 151

Move DML out of the loop. One DML per object per transaction.

### TOO_MANY_DML_STATEMENTS

Same: bulkify.

## Why it happens

The classic Apex beginner bug, and generated code repeats it: the loop-and-save pattern from other languages does not survive governor limits.

## Edge cases

- Each trigger invocation shares the limit; bulkify triggers too
- Database methods with allOrNone=false still count the same

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_4mZdkP3tv-PWkO9toa-cMQ

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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