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This method fetches the record specified by the search argument from the file.

Parameters

1. Search argument - A Number, String, or Array of keys or key variable. Get the next record by key. If the file has no keys, it will default to the RRN.
2. Boolean noLock. If true, no lock will be created. False by default.
3. String recordName. Record format name.
4. (Optional) Data structure. If a DS is passed in, the received buffer from the file will be placed into the specified DSvalue specifying a relative record number, key value, or list of key values (array of Number/String).
5. Don't lock (optional) - Pass Boolean true to avoid locking the record if the file is open for update/delete. If this parameter is set to Boolean false or omitted records will be locked for update/delete files.
6. Record format name (optional) - A String value specifying the record format name.
7. Input data structure (optional) - A Profound.js data structure reference. If specified, the referenced data structure will be populated with the record data.

Exception Handling

An Error instance will be thrown with the following properties:

• message - The IBM i message text.
• error - The message id.
• help - The message help text.

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Example

pjs.defineTable("productspmyfile", { read: true, keyed: true, levelIds: [ '4AFA8C636F188' ] });
pjs.define("data", { type: 'char', length: 50, varying: read: true });
 
//Find a record by the key.
productsp.myfile.getRecord([101]);
 
//If
the record has been found..
if (productspmyfile.found()) {
  data = pjs.char(prid);
}doSomething();

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