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title: RS_FromPath
description: Creates an out-of-database raster from a raster file path.
kernels:
  - returns: raster
    args:
    - name: path
      type: string
---

## Description

Loads raster metadata from the file at `path` and returns a raster whose bands
reference the source file as out-db bands.

This is useful when you want to work with rasters stored on disk without copying
their pixel data into the raster value itself.

## Examples

```sql
SELECT RS_BandPath(RS_FromPath('../../../submodules/sedona-testing/data/raster/test4.tiff'));
```