Correct way to transparently use SQLite.jl responses or (legacy) text files as a data source

[Tamas_Papp]

In addition to @dlakelan’s excellent answer, you may find the following post informative about motivation for Tables.jl:

Tables.jl: a table interface for everyone

I’ve had several people direct message me over the last couple of days asking for details about a new package I’ve been working: Tables.jl, so I thought I’d write up a quick post on what it is, where it came from, and where it’s going. There’s been talk for several years now of having an “AbstractTables.jl” package that would define the definitive common table interface for julia. Most efforts have died out pretty quickly or lost traction and were abandoned (I count at least 5 of these efforts …