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# show_types

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    <h3 className="tsd-anchor-link" id="show_types"><span>show\_types</span></h3>

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        <div className="tsd-signature tsd-anchor-link" id="show_types-1"><span className="tsd-kind-call-signature">show\_types</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">(</span><br /> <span className="tsd-kind-parameter">type\_id</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span><br /> <span className="tsd-kind-parameter">label</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span><br /> <span className="tsd-kind-parameter">options</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">?:</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">Record</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\<</span><span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">></span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span><br /> <span className="tsd-kind-parameter">callback</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">?:</span> <a href="/content/api/javascript/types/GPUdbCallback" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-type-alias">GPUdbCallback</a><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span><br /><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">)</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">Promise</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\<</span><a href="/content/api/javascript/interfaces/ShowTypesResponse" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-interface">ShowTypesResponse</a><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">></span></div>

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            <p>Retrieves information for the specified data type ID or type label. 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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                <span><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">type\_id</span>: <span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span></span>

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                  <p>Type Id returned in response to a call to <code>create\_type</code>.</p>
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                <span><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">label</span>: <span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span></span>

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                  <p>Option string that was supplied by user in a call to <code>create\_type</code>.</p>
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                <span><code className="tsd-tag">Optional</code><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">options</span>: <span className="tsd-signature-type">Record</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\<</span><span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">></span></span>

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                  <p>Optional parameters.</p>
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                <span><code className="tsd-tag">Optional</code><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">callback</span>: <a href="/content/api/javascript/types/GPUdbCallback" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-type-alias">GPUdbCallback</a></span>

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                  <p>Optional callback function</p>
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          <h4 className="tsd-returns-title">Returns <span className="tsd-signature-type">Promise</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\<</span><a href="/content/api/javascript/interfaces/ShowTypesResponse" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-interface">ShowTypesResponse</a><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">></span></h4>
          <p>Promise\<Types.ShowTypesResponse> - Promise resolving to the response</p>

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              <li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-typescript/blob/master/src/GPUdb.ts#L14268">src/GPUdb.ts:14268</a></li>
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    <h3 className="tsd-anchor-link" id="show_types_request"><span>show\_types\_request</span></h3>

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        <div className="tsd-signature tsd-anchor-link" id="show_types_request-1"><span className="tsd-kind-call-signature">show\_types\_request</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">(</span><br /> <span className="tsd-kind-parameter">request</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <a href="/content/api/javascript/interfaces/ShowTypesRequest" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-interface">ShowTypesRequest</a><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span><br /> <span className="tsd-kind-parameter">callback</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">?:</span> <a href="/content/api/javascript/types/GPUdbCallback" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-type-alias">GPUdbCallback</a><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span><br /><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">)</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">Promise</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\<</span><a href="/content/api/javascript/interfaces/ShowTypesResponse" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-interface">ShowTypesResponse</a><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">></span></div>

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            <p>Retrieves information for the specified data type ID or type label. 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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                <span><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">request</span>: <a href="/content/api/javascript/interfaces/ShowTypesRequest" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-interface">ShowTypesRequest</a></span>

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                  <p>Request object containing the parameters for the operation</p>
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                <span><code className="tsd-tag">Optional</code><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">callback</span>: <a href="/content/api/javascript/types/GPUdbCallback" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-type-alias">GPUdbCallback</a></span>

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                  <p>Optional callback function</p>
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          <h4 className="tsd-returns-title">Returns <span className="tsd-signature-type">Promise</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\<</span><a href="/content/api/javascript/interfaces/ShowTypesResponse" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-interface">ShowTypesResponse</a><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">></span></h4>
          <p>Promise\<Types.ShowTypesResponse> - Promise resolving to the response</p>

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              <li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-typescript/blob/master/src/GPUdb.ts#L14240">src/GPUdb.ts:14240</a></li>
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