dbWriteTable-DatabaseConnectorConnection-ANY-method function

Copy data frames to database tables

Writes, overwrites or appends a data frame to a database table, optionally converting row names to a column and specifying SQL data types for fields.

## S4 method for signature 'DatabaseConnectorConnection,ANY'
dbWriteTable(
  conn,
  name,
  value,
  databaseSchema = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  append = FALSE,
  temporary = FALSE,
  oracleTempSchema = NULL,
  tempEmulationSchema = getOption("sqlRenderTempEmulationSchema"),
  ...
)

Arguments

• conn: A DBIConnection object, as returned by dbConnect().

• name: The table name, passed on to dbQuoteIdentifier(). Options are:

  • a character string with the unquoted DBMS table name, e.g. "table_name",
  • a call to Id() with components to the fully qualified table name, e.g. Id(schema = "my_schema", table = "table_name")
  • a call to SQL() with the quoted and fully qualified table name given verbatim, e.g. SQL('"my_schema"."table_name"')

• value: A data.frame (or coercible to data.frame).

• databaseSchema: The name of the database schema. See details for platform-specific details.

• overwrite: Overwrite an existing table (if exists)?

• append: Append to existing table?

• temporary: Should the table created as a temp table?

• oracleTempSchema: DEPRECATED: use tempEmulationSchema instead.

• tempEmulationSchema: Some database platforms like Oracle and Impala do not truly support temp tables. To emulate temp tables, provide a schema with write privileges where temp tables can be created.

• ...: Other parameters passed on to methods.

Returns

dbWriteTable() returns TRUE, invisibly.

Details

The databaseSchema argument is interpreted differently according to the different platforms: SQL Server and PDW: The databaseSchema schema should specify both the database and the schema, e.g. 'my_database.dbo'. Impala: the databaseSchema should specify the database. Oracle: The databaseSchema should specify the Oracle 'user'. All other : The databaseSchema should specify the schema.

See Also

Other DBIConnection generics: DBIConnection-class, dbAppendTable(), dbAppendTableArrow(), dbCreateTable(), dbCreateTableArrow(), dbDataType(), dbDisconnect(), dbExecute(), dbExistsTable(), dbGetException(), dbGetInfo(), dbGetQuery(), dbGetQueryArrow(), dbIsReadOnly(), dbIsValid(), dbListFields(), dbListObjects(), dbListResults(), dbListTables(), dbQuoteIdentifier(), dbReadTable(), dbReadTableArrow(), dbRemoveTable(), dbSendQuery(), dbSendQueryArrow(), dbSendStatement(), dbUnquoteIdentifier(), dbWriteTableArrow()