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# showSchema

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                <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaResponse">ShowSchemaResponse</a> kinetica.Kinetica.showSchema </td>
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      <p>Retrieves information about a <a href="/content/concepts/schemas/" target="_top">schema</a> (or all schemas), as specified in <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaRequest#a78fdd1f1ab5d6f9cfd8a915a5016e281">schema\_name</a>. </p>

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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L61284">61284</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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      <p>Retrieves information about a <a href="/content/concepts/schemas/" target="_top">schema</a> (or all schemas), as specified in <span className="em">schema\_name</span> . </p>

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              <td className="paramname">schema\_name</td>
              <td>Name of the schema for which to retrieve the information. If blank, then info for all schemas is returned.</td>
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                Optional parameters.

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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaRequest_1_1Options#a1db183e8e41eea91f4800eed412a866b">NO\_ERROR\_IF\_NOT\_EXISTS</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaRequest_1_1Options#ad0d342f17fc05d56e3399f4b89533d51">FALSE</a> will return an error if the provided <span className="em">schema\_name</span> does not exist. If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaRequest_1_1Options#a4344808d74075fc6b515b747b87333f3">TRUE</a> then it will return an empty result if the provided <span className="em">schema\_name</span> does not exist. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaRequest_1_1Options#a4344808d74075fc6b515b747b87333f3">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaRequest_1_1Options#ad0d342f17fc05d56e3399f4b89533d51">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaRequest_1_1Options#ad0d342f17fc05d56e3399f4b89533d51">FALSE</a>.
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                The default value is an empty Dictionary.
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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L61350">61350</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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                <td className="memname">async System.Threading.Tasks.Task\< <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaResponse">ShowSchemaResponse</a> > kinetica.Kinetica.ShowSchemaAsync </td>
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                <td className="paramname"><span className="paramname"><span className="em">cancellationToken</span></span><span className="paramdefsep"> = </span><span className="paramdefval">default</span> )</td>
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      <p>Retrieves information about a <a href="/content/concepts/schemas/" target="_top">schema</a> (or all schemas), as specified in <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaRequest#a78fdd1f1ab5d6f9cfd8a915a5016e281">schema\_name</a>. </p>
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              <td className="paramname">request\_</td>
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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L61303">61303</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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      <p>Retrieves information about a <a href="/content/concepts/schemas/" target="_top">schema</a> (or all schemas), as specified in <span className="em">schema\_name</span> . </p>
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                Optional parameters.

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                  <li>
                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaRequest_1_1Options#a1db183e8e41eea91f4800eed412a866b">NO\_ERROR\_IF\_NOT\_EXISTS</a>: If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaRequest_1_1Options#ad0d342f17fc05d56e3399f4b89533d51">FALSE</a> will return an error if the provided <span className="em">schema\_name</span> does not exist. If <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaRequest_1_1Options#a4344808d74075fc6b515b747b87333f3">TRUE</a> then it will return an empty result if the provided <span className="em">schema\_name</span> does not exist. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaRequest_1_1Options#a4344808d74075fc6b515b747b87333f3">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaRequest_1_1Options#ad0d342f17fc05d56e3399f4b89533d51">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1ShowSchemaRequest_1_1Options#ad0d342f17fc05d56e3399f4b89533d51">FALSE</a>.
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                The default value is an empty Dictionary.
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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L61398">61398</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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