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RAthena (version 1.7.0)

Query: Execute a query on Athena

Description

The dbSendQuery() and dbSendStatement() method submits a query to Athena but does not wait for query to execute. dbHasCompleted method will need to ran to check if query has been completed or not. The dbExecute() method submits a query to Athena and waits for the query to be executed.

Usage

# S4 method for AthenaConnection,character
dbSendQuery(conn, statement = NULL, ...)

# S4 method for AthenaConnection,character dbSendStatement(conn, statement = NULL, ...)

# S4 method for AthenaConnection,character dbExecute(conn, statement = NULL, ...)

Arguments

conn

A '>DBIConnection object, as returned by dbConnect().

statement

a character string containing SQL.

...

Other parameters passed on to methods.

Value

Returns AthenaResult s4 class.

See Also

dbSendQuery, dbSendStatement, dbExecute

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
# Note: 
# - Require AWS Account to run below example.
# - Different connection methods can be used please see `RAthena::dbConnect` documnentation

library(DBI)

# Demo connection to Athena using profile name 
con <- dbConnect(RAthena::athena())

# Sending Queries to Athena
res1 <- dbSendQuery(con, "show databases")
res2 <- dbSendStatement(con, "show databases")
res3 <- dbExecute(con, "show databases")

# Disconnect conenction
dbDisconnect(con)
# }

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