get_known_type - Kinetica Docs

get_known_type(type_id, lookup_type=True)[source]

Given an type ID, return any associated known type; if none is found, then optionally try to look it up and save it. Otherwise, return None.

Parameters

type_id (str) –

The ID for the type.

lookup_type (bool) –

If True, then if the type is not already found, then to look it up by invoking show_types(), save it for the future, and return it.

Returns

The associated RecordType, if found (or looked up) –

otherwise.