DuckDB with DBine
How to connect DBine to DuckDB and what you can do once it's connected. This page is written from what the DuckDB driver says about itself, so it matches the version of DBine you download.
Connect
- In DBine, open New connection.
- Pick DuckDB in the list of engines.
- Fill in the fields below, press Test connection and then Save.
General
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Database file required | Empty or :memory: opens an in-memory database. A file on this computer. Default: :memory: |
| Read-only | On or off. |
What the explorer shows
Under the connection: Attached databases, each with its schemas. Inside each one:
- Tables
- Views
- Macros
- Sequences
- Types
Query editor
The editor uses SQL, with completion for the connection's objects. Statements and commands run against the database selected in the tab.
Ready-made templates for new objects:
- New view
- New macro
- New table macro
- New sequence
Tools for DuckDB
Available
- Graphical execution plans
- Server monitor
- Manual transactions (commit and rollback)
- Index usage
- Create databases
- Drop databases
- Database properties
- Relations in the ER diagram
- Visual designer for new objects
- Rename objects
- Compare and sync schemas
- Native bulk load when migrating data
- Backups
Not available for DuckDB
- Live query profiler
- Sessions and running queries
- End a session
- Locks: who blocks whom
- Cancel another session's query from the sessions list
- Clone tables
- Users and permissions
Why a tool doesn't apply to an engine, and the details of each one, are in the engine support reference.
Generated from the DuckDB driver 0.1.12, which DBine downloads the first time you connect to DuckDB.