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Gets names of the tables whose type matches the given criteria. Each table has a particular type. This type comprises the schema and properties of the table and sometimes a type label. This function allows a look up of the existing tables based on full or partial type information. The operation is synchronous.

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Input Parameter Description

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string
Type id returned by a call to /create/type.
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string
Optional user supplied label which can be used instead of the type_id to retrieve all tables with the given label.
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map of string to strings
Optional parameters.The default value is an empty map ( {} ).

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Output Parameter Description

The Kinetica 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:
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String
‘OK’ or ‘ERROR’
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String
Empty if success or an error message
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String
‘show_tables_by_type_response’ or ‘none’ in case of an error
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String
Empty string
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JSON or String
This embedded JSON represents the result of the /show/tables/bytype endpoint:Empty string in case of an error.