[ARROW-13454] [C++][Docs] Tables vs Record Batches

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 10.0.0
• Component/s: C++, Documentation
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/29119
• Assignee: Will Jones
• Reporter: Will Jones
• Created: 27/Jul/21 09:29
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:33
• Resolved: 20/Sep/22 08:48

Description

It is not clear what the difference is between Tables and Record Batches is as described on https://arrow.apache.org/docs/cpp/tables.html#tables

A arrow::Table is a two-dimensional dataset with chunked arrays for columns

A arrow::RecordBatch is a two-dimensional dataset of a number of contiguous arrays

Or maybe the distinction between chunked arrays and contiguous arrays can be clarified.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #14008