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# getRecordsRaw

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          <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1RawGetRecordsResponse">RawGetRecordsResponse</a> gpudb::GPUdb::getRecordsRaw </td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1GetRecordsRequest">GetRecordsRequest</a> &</td>
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      <p>Retrieves records from a given table, optionally filtered by an expression and/or sorted by a column. </p>
      <p>This operation can be performed on tables and views. Records can be returned encoded as binary, json, or geojson.</p>
      <p>This operation supports paging through the data via the <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1GetRecordsRequest#a6f8fde526abfe2adc4845bd4582f96a5">offset</a> and <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1GetRecordsRequest#a88646356abf331176d438e0e435cae79">limit</a> parameters. Note that when paging through a table, if the table (or the underlying table in case of a view) is updated (records are inserted, deleted or modified) the records retrieved may differ between calls based on the updates applied.</p>

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      <p>Retrieves records from a given table, optionally filtered by an expression and/or sorted by a column. </p>
      <p>This operation can be performed on tables and views. Records can be returned encoded as binary, json, or geojson.</p>
      <p>This operation supports paging through the data via the <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1GetRecordsRequest#a6f8fde526abfe2adc4845bd4582f96a5">offset</a> and <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1GetRecordsRequest#a88646356abf331176d438e0e435cae79">limit</a> parameters. Note that when paging through a table, if the table (or the underlying table in case of a view) is updated (records are inserted, deleted or modified) the records retrieved may differ between calls based on the updates applied.</p>

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              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1RawGetRecordsResponse">Response</a> object containing the results of the operation.</td>
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