ddbs_install: Checks and installs the Spatial extension

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

Checks and installs the Spatial extension

Description

Checks if a spatial extension is available, and installs it in a DuckDB database

Usage

ddbs_install(conn, upgrade = FALSE)

Arguments

conn	a connection object to a DuckDB database
upgrade	if TRUE, it upgrades the DuckDB extension to the latest version

Value

TRUE (invisibly) for successful installation

Examples

## load packages
library(duckdb)
library(duckspatial)

## connect to in memory database
conn <- dbConnect(duckdb::duckdb())

## install the spatial exntesion
ddbs_install(conn)

## disconnect from db
dbDisconnect(conn)

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