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# gpudbrecordcolumn

> gpudbrecordcolumn — Kinetica Python API

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      <h1>Class GPUdbRecordColumn</h1>

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        <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdbRecordColumn"> <span className="em property"><span className="k"><span className="pre">class</span></span><span className="w"> </span></span><span className="sig-prename descclassname"><span className="pre">gpudb.</span></span><span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">GPUdbRecordColumn</span></span><span className="sig-paren">(</span><span className="em sig-param"><span className="n"><span className="pre">name</span></span></span>, <span className="em sig-param"><span className="n"><span className="pre">column\_type</span></span></span>, <span className="em sig-param"><span className="n"><span className="pre">column\_properties</span></span><span className="o"><span className="pre">=</span></span><span className="default_value"><span className="pre">None</span></span></span>, <span className="em sig-param"><span className="n"><span className="pre">is\_nullable</span></span><span className="o"><span className="pre">=</span></span><span className="default_value"><span className="pre">False</span></span></span><span className="sig-paren">)</span></div>

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          <p>Represents a column in a GPUdb record object (<a className="reference internal" href="/content/api/python/source/gpudbrecordtype#gpudb.GPUdbRecordType" title="gpudb.GPUdbRecordType"><code className="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span className="pre">GPUdbRecordType</span></code></a>).</p>
          <p>Construct a GPUdbRecordColumn object.</p>
          <p><strong>Parameters</strong></p>

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                <div className="dt">name (<span className="em">str</span>) –</div>

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                  <p>The name of the column, must be a non-empty string.</p>
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                  <p>The data type of the column. Must be one of int, long, float, double, string, bytes.</p>
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                  <p>Optional list of properties for the column.</p>
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                  <p>Optional boolean flag indicating whether the column is nullable.</p>
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            <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdbRecordColumn.name"> <span className="em property"><span className="k"><span className="pre">property</span></span><span className="w"> </span></span><span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">name</span></span></div>

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              <p>The name of the column.</p>
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            <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdbRecordColumn.column_type"> <span className="em property"><span className="k"><span className="pre">property</span></span><span className="w"> </span></span><span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">column\_type</span></span></div>

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              <p>The data type of the column.</p>
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            <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdbRecordColumn.column_properties"> <span className="em property"><span className="k"><span className="pre">property</span></span><span className="w"> </span></span><span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">column\_properties</span></span></div>

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              <p>The properties of the column.</p>
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            <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdbRecordColumn.is_nullable"> <span className="em property"><span className="k"><span className="pre">property</span></span><span className="w"> </span></span><span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">is\_nullable</span></span></div>

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              <p>The nullability of the column.</p>
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            <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdbRecordColumn.is_primary_key"> <span className="em property"><span className="k"><span className="pre">property</span></span><span className="w"> </span></span><span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">is\_primary\_key</span></span></div>

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              <p>The nullability of the column.</p>
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            <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdbRecordColumn.is_shard_key"> <span className="em property"><span className="k"><span className="pre">property</span></span><span className="w"> </span></span><span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">is\_shard\_key</span></span></div>

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              <p>The nullability of the column.</p>
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