Get a DuckDB connection

Creates a connection to a DuckDB database, either local file or in-memory. Optionally downloads from GCS if path starts with gs://.

Usage

get_duckdb_con(path = ":memory:", read_only = FALSE, config = NULL)

Arguments

path

Path to DuckDB file, GCS path, or ":memory:" for in-memory

read_only

Open database in read-only mode (default: FALSE)

config

Named list of DuckDB configuration options

Value

DuckDB connection object

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# in-memory database
con <- get_duckdb_con()

# local file
con <- get_duckdb_con("data/calcofi.duckdb")

# from GCS (downloads first)
con <- get_duckdb_con("gs://calcofi-db/duckdb/calcofi.duckdb")

# read-only with custom config
con <- get_duckdb_con(
  "calcofi.duckdb",
  read_only = TRUE,
  config = list(threads = 4))
} # }