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file_dialog

Choose a file via native file dialog

Maintainer(s): yutannihilation

Compatibility Matrix

This table covers all DuckDB releases that have not reached end-of-life, including LTS releases, and shows the 2 most recent patch releases of each. Older patch releases are not listed, but the extension may be available for them as well.

Platform 1.4.4 1.4.5 1.5.5 1.5.6 2.0.0
Linux AMD64
Linux ARM64
macOS AMD64
macOS ARM64
Windows AMD64
Windows ARM64
WebAssembly

Installing and Loading

INSTALL file_dialog FROM community;
LOAD file_dialog;

Example

FROM read_csv(choose_file());

-- Optionally, you can filter files by the extension. For example, this
-- makes the dialog list CSV files only
FROM read_csv(choose_file('csv'));

About file_dialog

This extension is a tiny utility to choose a file interactively.

Added Functions

function_name function_type description comment examples
choose_file scalar Choose a file via native file dialog NULL [FROM read_csv(choose_file());]

Overloaded Functions

This extension does not add any function overloads.

Added Types

This extension does not add any types.

Added Settings

This extension does not add any settings.