duckdb: Connect to a DuckDB database instance

In duckdb: DBI Package for the DuckDB Database Management System

Description

dbConnect() connects to a database instance.

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

duckdb() creates or reuses a database instance.

duckdb_shutdown() shuts down a database instance.

Usage

## 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()
)

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

duckdb(dbdir = DBDIR_MEMORY, read_only = FALSE, config = list())

duckdb_shutdown(drv)

Arguments

drv	Object returned by duckdb()
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
...	Ignored
debug	Print additional debug information such as queries
read_only	Set to TRUE for read-only operation
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.
config	Named list with DuckDB configuration flags
conn	A duckdb_connection object
shutdown	Set to TRUE to shut down the DuckDB database instance that this connection refers to.

Value

dbConnect() returns an object of class duckdb_connection.

duckdb() returns an object of class duckdb_driver.

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

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)

Example output

Loading required package: DBI
  Hello, world!
1 Hello, world!
  Hello, world!
1 Hello, world!

duckdb documentation built on Oct. 8, 2021, 9:07 a.m.