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Update all Contacts in a specific department with a new title. Return the count of records updated. Use Database.update for error handling.
Parameters:
department(String): The department to filter contactsnewTitle(String): The new title to assign
Returns:
Integer: The count of successfully updated contacts
Requirements:
- Query all Contacts matching the specified department
- Update the Title field for all matching contacts
- Use Database.update with allOrNone set to false for partial success handling
- Return the count of successfully updated records
- Return 0 if department or newTitle is null or empty
Example:
Integer count = updateContactTitles('Sales', 'Senior Sales Rep'); n// Returns count of contacts updated in Sales department
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