# Populating a DuckDb database cell with remote binary file (parquet)

**URL:** <https://talk.observablehq.com/t/populating-a-duckdb-database-cell-with-remote-binary-file-parquet/7505>\
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**Created:** [January 10, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/populating-a-duckdb-database-cell-with-remote-binary-file-parquet/7505 "2023-01-10T15:08:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![jwoLondon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/jwolondon/32/259_2.png) [@jwoLondon](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/jwoLondon)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/populating-a-duckdb-database-cell-with-remote-binary-file-parquet/7505/1 "2023-01-10T15:08:17Z")

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Probably exposing my JavaScript ignorance here, but how does one create a Duckdb database cell populated by a .parquet (i.e binary) file hosted remotely rather than as a file attachment?

If it helps, here is an example remote file typical of the sort I need to work with (on GitHub pages so should be CORS compatible):  
[https://gicentre.github.io/data/census21/englandAndWales/geo.parquet](https://gicentre.github.io/data/census21/englandAndWales/geo.parquet)

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**Author:** ![mootari](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/mootari/32/581_2.png) [@mootari](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mootari)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/populating-a-duckdb-database-cell-with-remote-binary-file-parquet/7505/2 "2023-01-10T21:30:07Z")

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Have you seen the existing examples on Observable, like [DuckDB: Parquet files directly from GitHub / Kimmo Linna | Observable](https://observablehq.com/@kimmolinna/parquet-files-directly-from-github)?

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**Author:** ![jwoLondon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/jwolondon/32/259_2.png) [@jwoLondon](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/jwoLondon)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/populating-a-duckdb-database-cell-with-remote-binary-file-parquet/7505/3 "2023-01-10T21:43:43Z")

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Ah, thanks. I did search for Duckdb pages but somehow missed that one.