Read a DuckLake table as an Arrow Table

Reads a DuckLake table directly as an Arrow Table, bypassing DuckDB's query engine. This is useful for interoperability with other Arrow-based tools or when you need the raw Arrow format.

Usage

db_read_arrow(schema = "main", table, columns = NULL, as_data_frame = TRUE)

Arguments

schema

Schema name (default "main")

table

Table name

columns

Optional character vector of column names to read. If NULL (default), reads all columns.

as_data_frame

If TRUE (default), converts to data.frame. If FALSE, returns an Arrow Table.

Value

A data.frame or Arrow Table

See also

db_read() for lazy dplyr-based reading, db_write_arrow() for writing Arrow data

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
db_connect(...)

# Read as data.frame (default)
df <- db_read_arrow(table = "imports")

# Read as Arrow Table
arrow_tbl <- db_read_arrow(table = "imports", as_data_frame = FALSE)

# Read specific columns
df <- db_read_arrow(table = "imports", columns = c("year", "value"))
} # }