self:get_type

Server

Retrieves the type name of the instance

local result = self:get_type()

No parameters are accepted by this function

Type	Name	Description
`string` \| `bool`	result	Type of the instance, `false` if unavailable

Get the type of a database instance

local entity = core.database.create("127.0.0.1", "root", "", "vital_sandbox")

core.engine.print("info", entity:get_type()) -- 'database'

self:is_type

Checks whether the instance belongs to the specified type

self:destroy

Destroys the database instance, closes the connection and frees its resources