'Rethinkdb: Can I replace an entire table?

I'd like to retrieve data from MySQL and feed it to Rethinkdb for clients listening to changes. Can I just replace an entire table with the new results, with clients getting any removed, new, or updated objects?

r.table("tasks").replace( mysqlResults )

Just trying it, it doesn't fail but doesn't seem to do anything. I'm not sure if I don't understanding the usage, or I have a bad driver (php-rql).

EDIT The more I read about it, the more I feel like I'm way off. Is there something w/ that functionality, though? Just tell the table what I want it to be, and have the changes automatically handle the insert/update/deletes?



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