URL: http://GPUDB_IP_ADDRESS:GPUDB_PORT/show/tables/bytype
Gets names of the tables whose type matches the given criteria. Each table has a particular type. This type is made out of the type label, schema of the table, and the semantic type of the table. This function allows a look up of the existing tables based on full or partial type information. The operation is synchronous.
Input Parameter Description
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| type_id | string | Type id returned by a call to /create/type. |
| label | string | Optional user supplied label which can be used instead of the type_id to retrieve all tables with the given label. |
| options | map of string to strings | Optional parameters. Default value is an empty map ( {} ). |
Output Parameter Description
The GPUdb server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query. Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:
| Name | Type | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| status | String | 'OK' or 'ERROR' | ||||||
| message | String | Empty if success or an error message | ||||||
| data_type | String | 'show_tables_by_type_request' or 'none' in case of an error | ||||||
| data | String | Empty string | ||||||
| data_str | JSON or String | This embedded JSON represents the result of the /show/tables/bytype endpoint:
Empty string in case of an error. |