How to check duplicate record before saving new record in custom module

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Hello Everyone,

how can i prevent to enter duplicate record according to a custom field in a custom module. that when user click on save button then message will come that record is already available. Please suggest me.

Thanks

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there’s no easy way to do this, only for import, if you want to achieve this you’ll need to take a look at the code in modules/Accounts/ShowDuplicates.php and ShowDuplicates.tpl

best regards