Vortex Extension

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Vortex Extension

The vortex extension requires DuckDB 1.4.2+.

The vortex extension allows you to read and write files using the Vortex file format.

Installing and Loading

To install and load the extension, run:

INSTALL vortex;
LOAD vortex;

Using the read_vortex function to read Vortex files:

SELECT * FROM read_vortex('my.vortex');

┌───────┐
│   i   │
│ int64 │
├───────┤
│     0 │
│     1 │
│     2 │
└───────┘

You can write Vortex files as follows:

COPY (SELECT * FROM generate_series(0, 3) t(i))
TO 'my.vortex' (FORMAT vortex);