dbExecute-TrinoConnection-character-method: Execute a statement that returns no rows

In RTrino: 'DBI' Backend for 'Trino'

Execute a statement that returns no rows

Description

Runs the statement to completion and reports how many rows Trino says it changed: the count of an INSERT, an UPDATE, a DELETE, a MERGE or a ⁠CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT⁠, and 0 for a statement that changes no rows, such as ⁠CREATE TABLE⁠ or ⁠DROP TABLE⁠.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'TrinoConnection,character'
dbExecute(conn, statement, ...)

Arguments

conn	A TrinoConnection object.
statement	A single SQL statement.
...	Unused, for compatibility with the generic.

Value

The number of affected rows, invisibly: a double, or NA for a data change whose count Trino did not report.

RTrino documentation built on Oct. 15, 2026, 5:08 p.m.