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# kinetica.Records.IKineticaRecord

> kinetica.Records.IKineticaRecord — Kinetica C# API

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    <p>Interface for records that can be inserted into <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1Kinetica" title="API to talk to Kinetica Database.">Kinetica</a>. <a href="#details">More...</a></p>
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        <td className="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a className="el" href="#a529e9dd87a057b52bf1092f1e8cf4bfd">GetAvroSchema</a> ()</td>
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    <h2 className="groupheader">Detailed Description</h2>

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      <p>Interface for records that can be inserted into <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1Kinetica" title="API to talk to Kinetica Database.">Kinetica</a>. </p>
      <p>Equivalent to Rust's <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1KineticaRecord" title="Convenience class for using Avro.Generic.GenericRecord objects.">KineticaRecord</a> trait.</p>
      <p>Types implementing this interface can be used with the BulkInserter for high-performance data ingestion.</p>

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        <div className="line"><span className="keyword">public</span> <span className="keyword">class </span>SensorReading : <a className="code hl_interface" href="/content/api/cs/interfacekinetica_1_1Records_1_1IKineticaRecord">IKineticaRecord</a></div>

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        <div className="line"> <span className="keyword">public</span> <span className="keywordtype">int</span> Id {"{"} <span className="keyword">get</span>; <span className="keyword">set</span>; {"}"}</div>
        <div className="line"> <span className="keyword">public</span> <span className="keywordtype">string</span> SensorName {"{"} <span className="keyword">get</span>; <span className="keyword">set</span>; {"}"}</div>
        <div className="line"> <span className="keyword">public</span> <span className="keywordtype">double</span> Value {"{"} <span className="keyword">get</span>; <span className="keyword">set</span>; {"}"}</div>

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        <div className="line"> <span className="keyword">private</span> <span className="keyword">static</span> readonly <span className="keywordtype">string</span> \_schema = <span className="keyword">new</span> AvroSchemaBuilder(<span className="stringliteral">"SensorReading"</span>)</div>
        <div className="line"> .IntField(<span className="stringliteral">"id"</span>)</div>
        <div className="line"> .StringField(<span className="stringliteral">"sensor\_name"</span>)</div>
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        <div className="line"> .Build();</div>

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        <div className="line"> .PrimaryKey(<span className="stringliteral">"id"</span>)</div>
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          {"}"}
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          <div className="ttname"><a href="/content/api/cs/interfacekinetica_1_1Records_1_1IKineticaRecord">kinetica.Records.IKineticaRecord</a></div>
          <div className="ttdoc">Interface for records that can be inserted into Kinetica.</div>
          <div className="ttdef"><span className="b">Definition</span> <a href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Records_2IKineticaRecord_8cs_source#l00034">IKineticaRecord.cs:35</a></div>
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          <div className="ttdeci">string GetAvroSchema()</div>
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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Records_2IKineticaRecord_8cs_source#l00034">34</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Records_2IKineticaRecord_8cs_source">IKineticaRecord.cs</a>.</p>
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    <h2 className="groupheader">Member Function Documentation</h2>
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        <p>Returns the Avro schema as a JSON string for this record type. </p>
        <p>The schema should be cached (e.g., in a static field) to avoid repeated string allocations.</p>

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        <p>Implemented in <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1Records_1_1GenericRecord#a8bffb55bb9623d3aae3870a39ad1d9a5">kinetica.Records.GenericRecord</a>, and <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1Records_1_1GenericRecord#a8bffb55bb9623d3aae3870a39ad1d9a5">kinetica.Records.GenericRecord</a>.</p>
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        <p>Returns the Avro schema as a JSON string for this record type. </p>
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        <p>Implemented in <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1Records_1_1GenericRecord#a8bffb55bb9623d3aae3870a39ad1d9a5">kinetica.Records.GenericRecord</a>, and <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1Records_1_1GenericRecord#a8bffb55bb9623d3aae3870a39ad1d9a5">kinetica.Records.GenericRecord</a>.</p>
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    The documentation for this interface was generated from the following files:

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      <li>\_build/public-os\_ubuntu24.04-arch\_amd64-cc\_gcc\_13.3.0/install/Kinetica/Records/<a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Records_2IKineticaRecord_8cs_source">IKineticaRecord.cs</a></li>
      <li>Kinetica/Records/<a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/Kinetica_2Records_2IKineticaRecord_8cs_source">IKineticaRecord.cs</a></li>
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