Package: SCDB 0.5.1.9000

Rasmus Skytte Randløv

SCDB: Easily Access and Maintain Time-Based Versioned Data (Slowly-Changing-Dimension)

A collection of functions that enable easy access and updating of a database of data over time. More specifically, the package facilitates type-2 history for data-warehouses and provides a number of Quality of life improvements for working on SQL databases with R. For reference see Ralph Kimball and Margy Ross (2013, ISBN 9781118530801).

Authors:Rasmus Skytte Randløv [aut, cre, rev], Marcus Munch Grünewald [aut], Lasse Engbo Christiansen [rev, ctb], Sofia Myrup Otero [rev], Kim Daniel Jacobsen [ctb], Statens Serum Institut [cph, fnd]

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NEWS

# Install 'SCDB' in R:
install.packages('SCDB', repos = c('https://ssi-dk.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/ssi-dk/scdb/issues

Pkgdown site:https://ssi-dk.github.io

On CRAN:

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Exports:%>%close_connectioncreate_indexcreate_logs_if_missingcreate_tabledb_timestampdefer_db_cleanupdigest_to_checksumfilter_keysget_catalogget_connectionget_schemaget_tableget_tablesidinterlaceis.historicallock_tableLoggerLoggerNullnrowschema_existsslice_timetable_existsunique_table_nameunlock_tableupdate_snapshot

Dependencies:askpassbackportsblobcheckmateclicpp11DBIdbplyrdplyrfansigenericsgluelifecyclemagrittropensslparallellypillarpkgconfigpurrrR6rlangstringistringrsystibbletidyrtidyselectutf8vctrswithr

SCDB: Basic principles

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Last update: 2025-01-13
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SCDB: Benchmarks

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Last update: 2025-02-03
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Slowly Changing Dimension methodology

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Last update: 2025-02-19
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Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help pageTopics
Close connection to the databaseclose_connection
Create the indexes on tablecreate_index
Create a table with the SCDB log structure if it does not existscreate_logs_if_missing
Create a historical table from input datacreate_table
Sets, queries and removes locks for database tablesdb_locks lock_table unlock_table
Determine the type of timestamps the database supportsdb_timestamp
Delete table at function exitdefer_db_cleanup
Computes an checksum from columnsdigest_to_checksum
Filters .data according to all records in the filterfilter_keys
Get the current schema/catalog of a database-related objectsget_catalog get_catalog.Microsoft SQL Server get_schema get_schema.PqConnection get_schema.SQLiteConnection
Opens connection to the databaseget_connection get_connection.default get_connection.duckdb_driver get_connection.OdbcDriver get_connection.PqDriver get_connection.SQLiteDriver
Retrieves a named table from a given schema on the connectionget_table
List the available tables on the connectionget_tables
Convenience function for DBI::Idid id.character id.data.frame id.Id
Combine any number of tables, where each has their own time axis of validityinterlace
Checks if table contains historical datais.historical
SQL Joinsanti_join.tbl_sql full_join.tbl_sql inner_join.tbl_sql joins left_join.tbl_sql right_join.tbl_sql semi_join.tbl_sql
Logger: Complete logging to console, file and databaseLogger
LoggerNull: The no-logging LoggerLoggerNull
nrow() but also works on remote tablesnrow
Test if a schema exists in given connectionschema_exists
Slices a data object based on time / dateslice_time
Test if a table exists in databasetable_exists table_exists.DBIConnection
Create a name for a temporary tableunique_table_name
tidyr::unite for tbl_dbiunite.tbl_dbi
Update a historical tableupdate_snapshot