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Support for QuestDB - SAVEPOINT exclusion

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
postgresql, r
Domain
databases

Research direction

Start by tracing dbWriteTable() and the existing Redshift-specific SAVEPOINT exclusion in RPostgres. Check how QuestDB connections are identified and how COPY from stdin is used; clarify whether both incompatibilities belong in scope, then add coverage showing dbWriteTable() works without unsupported operations.

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Description

Hello, I'm a QuestDB maintainer, and I've been testing RPostgres with QuestDB. dbSendStatement() and dbSendQuery() work fine for me.

However, dbWriteTable() trips over SAVEPOINT not being supported by QuestDB. I've noticed this package does not use SAVEPOINT when connecting to Redshift. Would you accept a patch to exclude SAVEPOINTs on QuestDB, too?

EDIT: Another feature currently not supported by QuestDB is COPY from stdin, I see the driver makes use of it.

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