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sql.from() function

sql.from() retrieves data from a SQL data source.

Function type signature
(dataSourceName: string, driverName: string, query: string) => stream[A]
  • Copy
  • Fill window

For more information, see Function type signatures.

Parameters

driverName

(Required) Driver to use to connect to the SQL database.

Supported drivers:

  • awsathena
  • bigquery
  • hdb
  • mysql
  • postgres
  • snowflake
  • sqlite3 (Does not work with InfluxDB OSS or InfluxDB Cloud)
  • sqlserver
  • vertica, vertigo

dataSourceName

(Required) Data source name (DNS) or connection string used to connect to the SQL database.

query

(Required) Query to run against the SQL database.

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