DBI 1.2.0

Breaking changes

• dbUnquoteIdentifier() creates Id() objects without component names and allows non-NA character input (#421, #422).

Features

• New generics dbSendQueryArrow(), dbFetchArrow(), dbGetQueryArrow(), dbReadTableArrow(), dbWriteTableArrow() (@nbenn, #390), dbCreateTableArrow(), dbAppendTableArrow() (#396),
  dbBindArrow() (#415) and dbFetchArrowChunk() (#424), with default implementations via nanoarrow (#414).

• Id() now accepts unnamed components (#417). If names are provided, the components are arranged in SQL order (@eauleaf, #427).

• New dbIsValid() method for "DBIResultArrowDefault" objects implemented by DBI (#425).

• Implement dbiDataType() for objects of class "blob".

Documentation

• Update pkgdown template (@maelle, #428, #438, #437).

• Clarify repeated parameter binding (#430).

• Deal with sundown of https://relational.fit.cvut.cz (#423).

• Correct vignette titles (#419).

• Harmonize table documentation (#400).

• Tweak typo, add families for data retrieval and command execution.

Testing

• Enable BLOB tests for arrow >= 10.0.0 (#395).

• Run DBItest for SQLite as part of the checks here (#431).

• Fix checks without suggested packages (#420).

• Fix Windows tests on GHA (#406).

• testthat::use_testthat(3) (#416).