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# showTypes

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          <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1ShowTypesResponse">ShowTypesResponse</a> gpudb::GPUdb::showTypes </td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1ShowTypesRequest">ShowTypesRequest</a> &</td>
          <td className="paramname"><span className="paramname"><span className="em">request\_</span></span></td>
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      <p>Retrieves information for the specified data type ID or type label. </p>
      <p>For all data types that match the input criteria, the database returns the type ID, the type schema, the label (if available), and the type's column properties.</p>

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              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1ShowTypesRequest">Request</a> object containing the parameters for the operation.</td>
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        <div className="dd"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1ShowTypesResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation. </div>
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          <td className="paramtype">const <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1ShowTypesRequest">ShowTypesRequest</a> &</td>
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      <p>Retrieves information for the specified data type ID or type label. </p>
      <p>For all data types that match the input criteria, the database returns the type ID, the type schema, the label (if available), and the type's column properties.</p>

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              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1ShowTypesRequest">Request</a> object containing the parameters for the operation. </td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const std::string &</td>
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          <td className="paramtype">const std::map\< std::string, std::string > &</td>
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      <p>Retrieves information for the specified data type ID or type label. </p>
      <p>For all data types that match the input criteria, the database returns the type ID, the type schema, the label (if available), and the type's column properties.</p>

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              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/classgpudb_1_1Type">Type</a> Id returned in response to a call to <a className="el" href="#a1698840c08d7212878c9c1dac3f94cfc">createType</a>. </td>
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              <td className="paramname">label</td>
              <td>Option string that was supplied by user in a call to <a className="el" href="#a1698840c08d7212878c9c1dac3f94cfc">createType</a>. </td>
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                Optional parameters.

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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ad985e107decf23b22821a2da171d0e23">show\_types\_no\_join\_types</a>: When set to 'true', no join types will be included. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a4b3326fb359c1438b971e52d0f65a6b7">show\_types\_true</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ad1db6240541c3ee8d8076062bc341f04">show\_types\_false</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ad1db6240541c3ee8d8076062bc341f04">show\_types\_false</a>.
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                The default value is an empty map.
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      <p>Retrieves information for the specified data type ID or type label. </p>
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              <td><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/classgpudb_1_1Type">Type</a> Id returned in response to a call to <a className="el" href="#a1698840c08d7212878c9c1dac3f94cfc">createType</a>. </td>
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              <td className="paramdir">\[in]</td>
              <td className="paramname">label</td>
              <td>Option string that was supplied by user in a call to <a className="el" href="#a1698840c08d7212878c9c1dac3f94cfc">createType</a>. </td>
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                Optional parameters.

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a4b3326fb359c1438b971e52d0f65a6b7">show\_types\_true</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ad1db6240541c3ee8d8076062bc341f04">show\_types\_false</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#ad1db6240541c3ee8d8076062bc341f04">show\_types\_false</a>.
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                The default value is an empty map.
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        <div className="dd"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1ShowTypesResponse">Response</a> object containing the result of the operation (initially passed in by reference). </div>
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