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# IsConnectionError

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                <td className="memname">static bool kinetica.Kinetica.IsConnectionError </td>
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      <p>Checks if an exception is a connection error that warrants HA failover. </p>
      <p>API errors (from server) should not trigger failover. Connection errors (network issues) should trigger failover. </p>
      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/Kinetica.cs#L1824">1824</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/Kinetica.cs">Kinetica.cs</a>.</p>
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