ddbs_glimpse: Check first rows of the data

In duckspatial: R Interface to 'DuckDB' Database with Spatial Extension

Check first rows of the data

Description

Prints a transposed table of the first rows of a DuckDB table, similarly as the S3 dplyr::glimpse method.

Usage

ddbs_glimpse(conn, name, quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

conn	A DBIConnection object to a DuckDB database
name	A character string of length one specifying the name of the table, or a character string of length two specifying the schema and table names. If NULL (the default), the function returns the result as an sf object
quiet	A logical value. If TRUE, suppresses any informational messages. Defaults to FALSE.

Value

Invisibly duckspatial_df object

Examples

## Not run: 
library(duckspatial)

# create a duckdb database in memory (with spatial extension)
conn <- ddbs_create_conn(dbdir = "memory")

## read data
argentina_sf <- ddbs_open_dataset(system.file("spatial/argentina.geojson", package = "duckspatial"))

## store in duckdb
ddbs_write_table(conn, argentina_sf, "argentina")

## glimpse the inserted table
ddbs_glimpse(conn, "argentina")

## End(Not run)

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