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# kinetica.GetRecordsByColumnRequest.Encoding

> kinetica.GetRecordsByColumnRequest.Encoding — Kinetica C# API

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    <p>A set of string constants for the parameter <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1GetRecordsByColumnRequest#af57d2040352683ee4ec72240600bd933" title="Specifies the encoding for returned records; either BINARY or JSON.">GetRecordsByColumnRequest.encoding</a>. <a href="#details">More...</a></p>

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        <td className="mdescRight">A constant for the <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1GetRecordsByColumnRequest_1_1Encoding" title="A set of string constants for the parameter GetRecordsByColumnRequest.encoding.">GetRecordsByColumnRequest.Encoding</a> options. <br /></td>
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        <td className="mdescRight">A constant for the <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1GetRecordsByColumnRequest_1_1Encoding" title="A set of string constants for the parameter GetRecordsByColumnRequest.encoding.">GetRecordsByColumnRequest.Encoding</a> options. <br /></td>
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      <p>A set of string constants for the parameter <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1GetRecordsByColumnRequest#af57d2040352683ee4ec72240600bd933" title="Specifies the encoding for returned records; either BINARY or JSON.">GetRecordsByColumnRequest.encoding</a>. </p>
      <p>Specifies the encoding for returned records; either <a className="el" href="#af3a33ea9807c1732954a987b83a47d3a">BINARY</a> or <a className="el" href="#a3041b225ddf96c0a783a096d762018ee">JSON</a>.</p>
      <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_2Protocol_2GetRecordsByColumn_8cs_source#l00048">48</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2GetRecordsByColumn_8cs_source">GetRecordsByColumn.cs</a>.</p>
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                  <td className="memname">const string kinetica.GetRecordsByColumnRequest.Encoding.BINARY = "binary"</td>
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        <p>A constant for the <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1GetRecordsByColumnRequest_1_1Encoding" title="A set of string constants for the parameter GetRecordsByColumnRequest.encoding.">GetRecordsByColumnRequest.Encoding</a> options. </p>
        <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_2Protocol_2GetRecordsByColumn_8cs_source#l00052">52</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2GetRecordsByColumn_8cs_source">GetRecordsByColumn.cs</a>.</p>
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                  <td className="memname">const string kinetica.GetRecordsByColumnRequest.Encoding.JSON = "json"</td>
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        <p>A constant for the <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1GetRecordsByColumnRequest_1_1Encoding" title="A set of string constants for the parameter GetRecordsByColumnRequest.encoding.">GetRecordsByColumnRequest.Encoding</a> options. </p>
        <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_2Protocol_2GetRecordsByColumn_8cs_source#l00056">56</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2GetRecordsByColumn_8cs_source">GetRecordsByColumn.cs</a>.</p>
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