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<p>The <a href="../api_reference/C/dbget.html" class="olink">DB->get()</a> method retrieves records from the database. In general,
<a href="../api_reference/C/dbget.html" class="olink">DB->get()</a> takes a key and returns the associated data from the
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<p>If the database has been configured to support duplicate records,
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