feat: add two utility functions export_parquet and create_view and a vignette on how to materialize data.

NAMESPACE

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ S3method(names,duckdb_relation)
 S3method(print,duckdb_explain)
 S3method(print,duckdb_expr)
 S3method(print,duckdb_relation)
+export(create_view)
 export(duckdb)
 export(duckdb_adbc)
 export(duckdb_fetch_arrow)
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ export(duckdb_register_arrow)
 export(duckdb_shutdown)
 export(duckdb_unregister)
 export(duckdb_unregister_arrow)
+export(export_parquet)
 export(read_csv_duckdb)
 export(simulate_duckdb)
 export(tbl_file)
@@ -54,5 +56,8 @@ exportMethods(dbWriteTable)
 exportMethods(show)
 import(DBI)
 import(methods)
+importFrom(DBI,dbExecute)
+importFrom(dbplyr,remote_con)
+importFrom(dbplyr,sql_render)
 importFrom(utils,head)
 useDynLib(duckdb, .registration = TRUE)

R/create_view.R

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+#' Create or Replace a View from a `tbl` in DuckDB
+#'
+#' This function creates or replaces a view in DuckDB from a `dbplyr`-based `tbl` object.
+#' It converts the lazy query associated with the `tbl` into SQL and defines a named view in the database.
+#'
+#' @param data A `tbl_dbi` object, typically produced by `dplyr::tbl()` or `dbplyr` pipelines.
+#' @param view_name A character string specifying the name of the view to create.
+#'
+#' @return A `tbl` object pointing on the created view (invisible)
+#'
+#' @details
+#' The function uses `CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW`, which means it will overwrite an existing view with the same name.
+#' The view is created in the same DuckDB connection used by the `tbl`. The query is lazily evaluated.
+#'
+#' @examples
+#'   con <- DBI::dbConnect(duckdb::duckdb())
+#'   copy_to(con, tibble(a = 1:3, b = letters[1:3]), "source_table", temporary = TRUE)
+#'   data <- dplyr::tbl(con, "source_table") %>% dplyr::filter(a > 1)
+#'   create_view(data, "filtered_view")
+#'   DBI::dbGetQuery(con, "SELECT * FROM filtered_view")
+#'   DBI::dbDisconnect(con, shutdown = TRUE)
+#'
+#' @importFrom DBI dbExecute dbQuoteIdentifie
+#' @importFrom dbplyr remote_con sql_render
+#' @export
+create_view <- function(data, view_name) {
+  if (!inherits(data, "tbl_dbi")) stop("'data' must be a 'tbl_dbi' object.")
+
+  con <- dbplyr::remote_con(data)
+  sql <- dbplyr::sql_render(data, con = con)
+
+  sql <- sprintf("CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW %s AS %s", DBI::dbQuoteIdentifier(con, view_name), sql)
+
+  DBI::dbExecute(con, sql)
+
+  invisible(tbl(con, view_name))
+}

R/export_parquet.R

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+#' Export a DuckDB table to a Parquet file using COPY TO
+#'
+#' This function exports a `dbplyr`-based table or SQL query to a Parquet file
+#' using DuckDB's native `COPY TO` command.
+#'
+#' @param data A `tbl_dbi` object representing a DuckDB table or query.
+#' @param output Path to the output Parquet file (a single character string).
+#' @param options A named list of key-value COPY options. Values can be character,
+#'   numeric, logical, or vectors (which will be converted to tuples).
+#'   Examples include `compression = "zstd"` or `ROW_GROUP_SIZE = 1000000`.
+#'   see https://duckdb.org/docs/sql/statements/copy.html#parquet-options for details.
+#'
+#' @return Returns the number of rows affected by the `COPY TO` command.
+#'   The function will stop with an error if the input types are invalid.
+#'
+#' @details
+#' Option values of length >1 are wrapped in parentheses and comma-separated
+#' (e.g., for `columns = c("a", "b")`, DuckDB will receive `COLUMNS (a,b)`).
+#'
+#' @examples
+#' con <- DBI::dbConnect(duckdb::duckdb())
+#' DBI::dbWriteTable(con, "iris", iris)
+#' tbl <- dplyr::tbl(con, "iris")
+#' export_parquet(tbl, "iris.parquet", options = list(compression = "zstd"))
+#' export_parquet(tbl, "iris_ds", options = list(partition_by = "Species", row_group_size = 1000))
+#'
+#' @importFrom DBI dbExecute
+#' @importFrom dbplyr remote_con sql_render
+#' @export
+export_parquet <- function(data, output, options = NULL, print_sql = FALSE) {
+  if (!inherits(data, "tbl_dbi")) stop("'data' must be a 'tbl_dbi' object.")
+  if (!is.character(output) || length(output) != 1) stop("'output' must be a single character string.")
+  if (!is.null(options) && !is.list(options)) stop("'options' must be a list or NULL.")
+
+  con <- dbplyr::remote_con(data)
+  sql_query <- dbplyr::sql_render(data, con = con)
+
+  # Normalize and format options
+  if (is.null(options)) options <- list()
+  formatted_options <- format_copy_to_options(options)
+  formatted_options$FORMAT <- 'PARQUET'
+
+  parquet_opts <- paste(paste0(names(formatted_options), " ", formatted_options), collapse = ", ")
+  sql <- sprintf("COPY (%s) TO '%s' (%s)", sql_query, output, parquet_opts)
+  DBI::dbExecute(con, sql)
+}
+
+
+format_copy_to_options <- function(options) {
+  options <- lapply(options, function(x) {
+    if (is.logical(x) || is.character(x) || is.numeric(x)) as.character(x)
+    else stop("All option values must be character, numeric, or logical.")
+
+    if (length(x) > 1) x <- paste0("(",paste0(x,collapse=","),")")
+    x
+  })
+  setNames(options, toupper(names(options)))
+}

tests/testthat/test-create_view.R

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+test_that("create_view creates a view with expected content", {
+  con <- dbConnect(duckdb::duckdb())
+  on.exit(dbDisconnect(con, shutdown = TRUE), add = TRUE)
+
+  df <- data.frame(x = 1:5, y = letters[1:5])
+  copy_to(con, df, "original_table", temporary = TRUE)
+
+  data <- tbl(con, "original_table") %>% filter(x > 3)
+  create_view(data, "view_test")
+
+  result <- dbReadTable(con, "view_test")
+  expect_equal(nrow(result), 2)
+  expect_equal(result$x, c(4, 5))
+
+  result <- tbl(con, "view_test") |> dplyr::collect()
+  expect_equal(nrow(result), 2)
+  expect_equal(result$x, c(4, 5))
+})
+
+test_that("create_view replaces an existing view", {
+  con <- dbConnect(duckdb::duckdb())
+  on.exit(dbDisconnect(con, shutdown = TRUE), add = TRUE)
+
+  df <- data.frame(a = 1:2)
+  copy_to(con, df, "table1", temporary = TRUE)
+  data1 <- tbl(con, "table1")
+  create_view(data1, "replace_view")
+
+  df2 <- tibble(a = 10:12)
+  copy_to(con, df2, "table2", temporary = TRUE)
+  data2 <- tbl(con, "table2")
+  create_view(data2, "replace_view")  # Should replace
+
+  result <- dbReadTable(con, "replace_view")
+  expect_equal(nrow(result), 3)
+  expect_equal(result$a, 10:12)
+})
+
+test_that("create_view works with quoted view names", {
+  con <- dbConnect(duckdb::duckdb())
+  on.exit(dbDisconnect(con, shutdown = TRUE), add = TRUE)
+
+  df <- data.frame(id = 1:3)
+  copy_to(con, df, "quoted_table", temporary = TRUE)
+  data <- tbl(con, "quoted_table")
+
+  create_view(data, "weird-Name With Space")
+
+  result <- dbGetQuery(con, 'SELECT * FROM "weird-Name With Space"')
+  expect_equal(nrow(result), 3)
+})
+

tests/testthat/test-export_parquet.R

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+test_that("export_parquet write a valid Parquet file", {
+  withr::with_tempfile("parquet_file", fileext = ".parquet", {
+    con <- dbConnect(duckdb::duckdb())
+    on.exit(dbDisconnect(con, shutdown = TRUE), add = TRUE)
+
+    df <- data.frame(x = 1:3, y = letters[1:3])
+    copy_to(con, df, "test_table", temporary = TRUE)
+
+    data <- tbl(con, "test_table")
+    export_parquet(data, parquet_file)
+
+    expect_true(file.exists(parquet_file))
+  })
+})
+
+test_that("export_parquet allows options", {
+  withr::with_tempfile("parquet_file", fileext = ".parquet", {
+    con <- dbConnect(duckdb::duckdb())
+    on.exit(dbDisconnect(con, shutdown = TRUE), add = TRUE)
+
+    df <- data.frame(a = 1:5, b = 1:5)
+    copy_to(con, df, "table_opt", temporary = TRUE)
+    data <- tbl(con, "table_opt")
+
+    expect_silent(export_parquet(data, parquet_file, list(compression = "zstd", row_group_size = 1000)))
+    expect_true(file.exists(parquet_file))
+
+  })
+})
+
+test_that("export_parquet échoue proprement si le fichier est invalide", {
+  con <- dbConnect(duckdb::duckdb())
+  on.exit(dbDisconnect(con, shutdown = TRUE), add = TRUE)
+
+  df <- data.frame(z = 1:2)
+  copy_to(con, df, "bad_path_table", temporary = TRUE)
+  data <- tbl(con, "bad_path_table")
+
+  expect_error(
+    export_parquet(data, "/chemin/inexistant/fichier.parquet"),
+    "IO Error|Failed to open"
+  )
+})
+

vignettes/.gitignore

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+*.html
+*.R