diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
index c4fd023..c4d538c 100644
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be6cd1f..730fd52 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ Switch to Postgres using
 Switch to DuckDB using 
 `set_sql_mode(:duckdb)`
 
+DuckDB support enables: 
+- reading in .parquet or .csv files without converting to dataframe first.
+```
+path = "file_path.parquet"
+copy_to(conn, file_path, "table_name")
+```
+
 Postgres and Duck DB support includes
 - Postgres specific aggregate functions: `corr`, `cov`, `std`, `var`
 - From TidierStrings.jl `str_detect`, `str_replace`, `str_replace_all`, `str_remove_all`, `str_remove`
diff --git a/src/TidierDB.jl b/src/TidierDB.jl
index e928c80..72fe062 100644
--- a/src/TidierDB.jl
+++ b/src/TidierDB.jl
@@ -188,13 +188,36 @@ end
 """
 $docstring_copy_to
 """
-function copy_to(conn, df::DataFrame, name::String)
-    if current_sql_mode[] == :duckdb
-        DuckDB.register_data_frame(conn, df, name)
-    elseif current_sql_mode[] == :lite
-        SQLite.load!(df, conn, name)
+function copy_to(conn, df_or_path::Union{DataFrame, AbstractString}, name::String)
+    # Check if the input is a DataFrame
+    if isa(df_or_path, DataFrame)
+        if current_sql_mode[] == :duckdb
+            DuckDB.register_data_frame(conn, df_or_path, name)
+        elseif current_sql_mode[] == :lite
+            SQLite.load!(df_or_path, conn, name)
+        else
+            error("Unsupported SQL mode: $(current_sql_mode[])")
+        end
+    # If the input is not a DataFrame, treat it as a file path
+    elseif isa(df_or_path, AbstractString)
+        if current_sql_mode[] != :duckdb
+            error("Direct file loading is only supported for DuckDB in this implementation.")
+        end
+        # Determine the file type based on the extension
+        if occursin(r"\.csv$", df_or_path)
+            # Construct and execute a SQL command for loading a CSV file
+            sql_command = "CREATE TABLE $name AS SELECT * FROM read_csv_auto('$df_or_path');"
+            DuckDB.execute(conn, sql_command)
+        elseif occursin(r"\.parquet$", df_or_path)
+            # Construct and execute a SQL command for loading a Parquet file
+            sql_command = "CREATE TABLE $name AS SELECT * FROM read_parquet('$df_or_path');"
+            DuckDB.execute(conn, sql_command)
+        else
+            error("Unsupported file type for: $df_or_path")
+        end
     else
-        error("Unsupported SQL mode: $set_sql_mode")
+        error("Unsupported type for df_or_path: Must be DataFrame or file path string.")
     end
 end
+
 end