kylebarron commented on code in PR #1247:
URL:
https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1247#discussion_r2370749631
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docs/source/user-guide/dataframe/index.rst:
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@@ -228,6 +228,33 @@ Core Classes
* :py:meth:`~datafusion.SessionContext.from_pandas` - Create from Pandas
DataFrame
* :py:meth:`~datafusion.SessionContext.from_arrow` - Create from Arrow data
+ ``SessionContext`` can automatically resolve SQL table names that match
+ in-scope Python data objects. When automatic lookup is enabled, a query
+ such as ``ctx.sql("SELECT * FROM pdf")`` will register a pandas or
+ PyArrow object named ``pdf`` without calling
+ :py:meth:`~datafusion.SessionContext.from_pandas` or
+ :py:meth:`~datafusion.SessionContext.from_arrow` explicitly. This requires
+ the corresponding library (``pandas`` for pandas objects, ``pyarrow`` for
+ Arrow objects) to be installed.
+
+ .. code-block:: python
+
+ import pandas as pd
+ from datafusion import SessionContext
+
+ ctx = SessionContext(auto_register_python_objects=True)
Review Comment:
This is a long parameter; what do we think about turning it on by default
and/or choosing a shorter name?
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