function createRecord(datain)
{
    var err = new Object();

    // Validate if mandatory record type is set in the request
    if (!datain.employee_id) {
        err.status = "failed";
        err.message= "missing employee id";

        return err;
    } else if (!datain.employee_name) {
        err.status = "failed";
        err.message= "missing employee name";

        return err;
    }

    var record = nlapiCreateRecord('customrecord260');

    for (var fieldname in datain) {
        if (datain.hasOwnProperty(fieldname)) {
            if (fieldname != 'id') {
                var value = datain[fieldname];
                if (value && typeof value != 'object') { // ignore other type of parameters
                    nlapiLogExecution('DEBUG', fieldname + ' = ' + value);
                    record.setFieldValue(fieldname, value);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    var recordId = nlapiSubmitRecord(record);
    nlapiLogExecution('DEBUG','id='+recordId);

    var nlobj = nlapiLoadRecord('customrecord260',recordId);
    return nlobj;
}