copy_to {dplyr}R Documentation

Copy a local data frame to a remote src

Description

This function uploads a local data frame into a remote data source, creating the table definition as needed. Wherever possible, the new object will be temporary, limited to the current connection to the source.

Usage

copy_to(dest, df, name = deparse(substitute(df)), overwrite = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

dest

remote data source

df

local data frame

name

name for new remote table.

overwrite

If TRUE, will overwrite an existing table with name name. If FALSE, will throw an error if name already exists.

...

other parameters passed to methods.

Value

a tbl object in the remote source

Methods

This function is a generic, which means that packages can provide implementations (methods) for other classes. See the documentation of individual methods for extra arguments and differences in behaviour.

The following methods are currently available in loaded packages: no methods found.

See Also

collect() for the opposite action; downloading remote data into a local dbl.

Examples

## Not run: 
iris2 <- dbplyr::src_memdb() %>% copy_to(iris, overwrite = TRUE)
iris2

## End(Not run)

[Package dplyr version 1.1.4 Index]