# How to retrieve data from spreadsheet (airtable) via the primary key but not row no?

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [October 26, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-retrieve-data-from-spreadsheet-airtable-via-the-primary-key-but-not-row-no/53734 "2018-10-26T14:15:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Insurance\_2018](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Insurance\_2018](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Insurance_2018)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-retrieve-data-from-spreadsheet-airtable-via-the-primary-key-but-not-row-no/53734/1 "2018-10-26T14:15:51Z")

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I would like to retrieve data according to the username or email which is the primary field of my airtable spreadsheet instead of using row number. Thanks!

Or is it possible to get my row number when I update or insert a row. Thank you for your help!

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**Author:** ![AcrobatEpee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/acrobatepee/32/26336_2.png) [@AcrobatEpee](https://community.thunkable.com/u/AcrobatEpee)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-retrieve-data-from-spreadsheet-airtable-via-the-primary-key-but-not-row-no/53734/2 "2018-10-27T07:50:43Z")

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You maybe want to use RealtimeDB for such an operation

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-retrieve-data-from-spreadsheet-airtable-via-the-primary-key-but-not-row-no/53734/3 "2024-11-08T11:54:58Z")

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