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Compile a PRQL query into a SQL query

Usage

prql_compile(
  prql_query,
  target = getOption("prqlr.target", default = NULL),
  format = getOption("prqlr.format", default = TRUE),
  signature_comment = getOption("prqlr.signature_comment", default = TRUE)
)

Arguments

prql_query

a PRQL query string.

target

a compile target name to use. If not specified (NULL), the target contained in the query will be used. All available target names can be listed with the prql_get_targets function.

format

a logical flag (default: TRUE). Whether to format the SQL query.

signature_comment

a logical flag. (default: TRUE). Whether to add a signature comment to the output SQL query.

Value

a SQL query string

See also

Examples

"from mtcars | filter cyl > 6 | select {cyl, mpg}" |>
  prql_compile()
#> [1] "SELECT\n  cyl,\n  mpg\nFROM\n  mtcars\nWHERE\n  cyl > 6\n\n-- Generated by PRQL compiler version:0.13.0 (https://prql-lang.org)\n"

"from mtcars | filter cyl > 6 | select {cyl, mpg}" |>
  prql_compile(format = FALSE, signature_comment = FALSE)
#> [1] "SELECT cyl, mpg FROM mtcars WHERE cyl > 6"

"
from mtcars
filter cyl > 6
select !{cyl}
" |>
  prql_compile("sql.duckdb") |>
  cat()
#> SELECT
#>   * EXCLUDE (cyl)
#> FROM
#>   mtcars
#> WHERE
#>   cyl > 6
#> 
#> -- Generated by PRQL compiler version:0.13.0 target:sql.duckdb (https://prql-lang.org)

# If the `target` argument is `NULL` (default) or `"sql.any"`,
# the target specified in the header of the query will be used.
"
prql target:sql.duckdb

from mtcars
filter cyl > 6
select !{cyl}
" |>
  prql_compile() |>
  cat()
#> SELECT
#>   * EXCLUDE (cyl)
#> FROM
#>   mtcars
#> WHERE
#>   cyl > 6
#> 
#> -- Generated by PRQL compiler version:0.13.0 (https://prql-lang.org)