(Deprecated) Create an external table

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

Examples

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