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Creates an external table based on the dataset in a data source, Returns a SparkDataFrame associated with the external table.

Usage

createExternalTable(tableName, path = NULL, source = NULL, schema = NULL, ...)

Arguments

tableName

a name of the table.

path

the path of files to load.

source

the name of external data source.

schema

the schema of the data required for some data sources.

...

additional argument(s) passed to the method.

Value

A SparkDataFrame.

Details

The data source is specified by the source and a set of options(...). If source is not specified, the default data source configured by "spark.sql.sources.default" will be used.

Note

createExternalTable since 1.4.0

See also

Examples

if (FALSE) {
sparkR.session()
df <- createExternalTable("myjson", path="path/to/json", source="json", schema)
}