detect_complex_types: Detect Complex Types in DuckDB Table

In Rduckhts: 'DuckDB' High Throughput Sequencing File Formats Reader Extension

Detect Complex Types in DuckDB Table

Description

Identifies columns in a DuckDB table that contain complex types (ARRAY or MAP) that will be returned as R lists.

Usage

detect_complex_types(con, table_name)

Arguments

con	A DuckDB connection
table_name	Name of the table to analyze

Value

A data frame with columns that have complex types, showing column_name, column_type, and a description of R type.

Examples

library(DBI)
library(duckdb)

con <- rduckhts_connect()
bcf_path <- system.file("extdata", "vcf_file.bcf", package = "Rduckhts")
rduckhts_bcf(con, "variants", bcf_path, overwrite = TRUE)
complex_cols <- detect_complex_types(con, "variants")
print(complex_cols)
dbDisconnect(con, shutdown = TRUE)

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