load — add and commit data to a pool
load <pool>[@<branch>] [author <author>] [message <message>] [meta <meta>]
:::tip Note
The load
operator is exclusively for working with pools in a
SuperDB data lake and is not available for use in
super
.
:::
The load
operator populates the specified <pool>
with the values it
receives as input. Much like how super db load
is used at the command line to populate a pool with data from files, streams,
and URIs, the load
operator is used to save query results from your SuperPipe
query to a pool in the same SuperDB data lake. <pool>
is a string indicating the
name or ID of the destination pool.
If the optional @<branch>
string is included then the data will be committed
to an existing branch of that name, otherwise the main
branch is assumed.
The author
, message
, and meta
strings may also be provided to further
describe the committed data, similar to the same super db load
options.
Examples below assume the existence of the SuperDB data lake created and populated by the following commands:
export SUPER_DB_LAKE=example
super db -q init
super db -q create -orderby flip:asc coinflips
super db branch -q -use coinflips onlytails
echo '{flip:1,result:"heads"} {flip:2,result:"tails"}' |
super db load -q -use coinflips -
super db -q create -orderby flip:asc bigflips
super db query -f text '
from :branches
|> yield pool.name + "@" + branch.name
|> sort'
The lake then contains the two pools:
bigflips@main
coinflips@main
coinflips@onlytails
Modify some values, load them into the main
branch of our empty bigflips
pool, and see what was loaded
super db -lake example query '
from coinflips
|> result:=upper(result)
|> load bigflips
' > /dev/null
super db -lake example query -z 'from bigflips'
=>
{flip:1,result:"HEADS"}
{flip:2,result:"TAILS"}
Add a filtered subset of records to our onlytails
branch, while also adding metadata
super db -lake example query '
from coinflips
|> result=="tails"
|> load coinflips@onlytails
author "Steve"
message "A subset"
meta "\"Additional metadata\""
' > /dev/null
super db -lake example query -z 'from coinflips@onlytails'
=>
{flip:2,result:"tails"}