DuckDB fixed column length TEXT file reader example extension

[dforsber]

Hello, here is a dummy start of an zig c api extension txt file based scanner.
https://github.com/dforsber/duckdb-kton-extension

If it is worth adding to quackscience, happy to move there. I didn't find an example table function zig c api extension, so wrote this with the help of AI in an evening. It probably crashes with invalid data and is not production ready as such.

Anyway, one thing I was wondering is that whether it would make sense to extend the CSV extension to support fixed column lengths in place of a delimiter. This of course is a bit different than CSV, but its newline delimited text records anyway. Like if the CSV extension is best of breed and multi-threaded etc.

[lmangani]

Hello @dforsber absolutely! we'd love to welcome you and your extension(s) to quackscience! You've been invited to join the org

While it might be possible to do this in many ways and/or by extension other components its always fun to learn by trying. I've been waiting for a chance to get into Zig and sure many others might be interested in helping out evolving this idea.

[dforsber]

Repo moved to
https://github.com/quackscience/duckdb-kton-extension