duckdb: Connect to a DuckDB database instance

In duckdb: DBI Package for the DuckDB Database Management System

Connect to a DuckDB database instance

Description

duckdb() creates or reuses a database instance.

duckdb_shutdown() shuts down a database instance.

dbConnect() connects to a database instance.

dbDisconnect() closes a DuckDB database connection, optionally shutting down the associated instance.

Usage

duckdb(
  dbdir = DBDIR_MEMORY,
  read_only = FALSE,
  bigint = "numeric",
  config = list()
)

duckdb_shutdown(drv)

## S4 method for signature 'duckdb_driver'
dbConnect(
  drv,
  dbdir = DBDIR_MEMORY,
  ...,
  debug = getOption("duckdb.debug", FALSE),
  read_only = FALSE,
  timezone_out = "UTC",
  tz_out_convert = c("with", "force"),
  config = list(),
  bigint = "numeric"
)

## S4 method for signature 'duckdb_connection'
dbDisconnect(conn, ..., shutdown = FALSE)

Arguments

dbdir	Location for database files. Should be a path to an existing directory in the file system. With the default, all data is kept in RAM
read_only	Set to TRUE for read-only operation
bigint	How 64-bit integers should be returned, default is double/numeric. Set to integer64 for bit64 encoding.
config	Named list with DuckDB configuration flags
drv	Object returned by duckdb()
...	Ignored
debug	Print additional debug information such as queries
timezone_out	The time zone returned to R, defaults to "UTC", which is currently the only timezone supported by duckdb. If you want to display datetime values in the local timezone, set to Sys.timezone() or "".
tz_out_convert	How to convert timestamp columns to the timezone specified in timezone_out. There are two options: "with", and "force". If "with" is chosen, the timestamp will be returned as it would appear in the specified time zone. If "force" is chosen, the timestamp will have the same clock time as the timestamp in the database, but with the new time zone.
conn	A duckdb_connection object
shutdown	Set to TRUE to shut down the DuckDB database instance that this connection refers to.

Value

duckdb() returns an object of class duckdb_driver.

dbDisconnect() and duckdb_shutdown() are called for their side effect.

dbConnect() returns an object of class duckdb_connection.

Examples

drv <- duckdb()
con <- dbConnect(drv)

dbGetQuery(con, "SELECT 'Hello, world!'")

dbDisconnect(con)
duckdb_shutdown(drv)

# Shorter:
con <- dbConnect(duckdb())
dbGetQuery(con, "SELECT 'Hello, world!'")
dbDisconnect(con, shutdown = TRUE)

duckdb documentation built on Nov. 25, 2022, 5:05 p.m.