could I call findByPrimaryKey() without create()

[dar]

HI ALL.
I have BMP entity bean and
I need to find by "String findByPrimaryKey(String key_action)"
data field from DB table without calling create(String inAction).
Because I expect/know that datafield (datarecord, what I need)
already exists in DB, therefore I don't want Create/Insert a duplication.
I don't know how I use ejbLoad(). Is "automatic" called this method by EJB-container?
myBeanHome home = (myBeaHome) javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject.narrow(objref, myBeanHome.class);
/*----------------
home.create("walker");
It creates and inserts duplication.
"walker"-object exists in DB and I need just read it from DB.
-------------------*/
myBean myejb = home.findByPrimaryKey("walker");
String nm = myejb.getName();
//i'm getting here "null"

Some advise please?
my findByPrimaryKey() is typical:
public String ejbFindByPrimaryKey(String key_action) throws ObjectNotFoundException {
PreparedStatement ps = null;
ResultSet rs = null;
try {
ps = getConnection().prepareStatement("SELECT 1 FROM PEOPLE WHERE ACTION = ?");
ps.setString(1, key_action);
rs = ps.executeQuery();
if(rs.next()){
return key_action;
}
else{
throw new ObjectNotFoundException ();
}
}
catch (SQLException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
throw new EJBException(ex);
}
}

[Kyle Brown]

I suggest you read Richard Monson-Haefel's EJB book. It will explain this in great detail. In ejbLoad() you are responsible for querying the database and setting the persistent variables of your BMP that you want from the data returned by your query. The primary key found in the Entitycontext is used in the query to determine which row to get.
Kyle
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[dar]

Thank You Kyle. It's good idea. I'll implement ejbLoad().