Arrow IPC

The arrow driver reads Arrow IPC files and exposes their data through SQL.

URL format

arrow://<file>

Options

This driver has no format-specific URL query options. The file supplies its schema.

Examples

rsql --url 'arrow://people.arrow' -- 'SELECT * FROM people LIMIT 10;'

Usage notes

Use a relative path such as arrow://people.arrow or an absolute path such as arrow:///data/people.arrow. Percent-encode spaces and URL delimiters in filenames.

The file is loaded into an in-memory Polars SQL context. Its table name is the filename before the first dot: people.csv becomes people. Use .tables and .describe people to inspect the imported data. Query results and session changes do not write back to the source file.