Which statement about current.isNew() is accurate according to the material?

• A. It is a valid function that returns true for new records
• B. It is not a valid function
• C. It returns true for existing records
• D. It only works in background scripts

Answer: (B)

When you need to check if a record is new, you must use the correct API name. For server-side scripts, the GlideRecord method isNewRecord() tells you whether the record has not yet been inserted. There is no isNew() function on current, so current.isNew() isn’t a valid call. The idea behind this is that API names are specific and must be used exactly as implemented; a misnamed function won’t exist and won’t work. If you’re in a client-side context, you’d use g_form.isNewRecord() to detect a new, unsaved form, but current.isNew() itself has no place in either environment. Therefore saying that current.isNew() is accurate isn’t correct.