dbConnect,duckdb_driver-method {duckdb}R Documentation

Connect to a DuckDB database instance

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)
[Package duckdb version 0.2.7 Index]