Begin a new transaction and execute this read or SQL query in it. The transaction ID of the new transaction is returned in ResultSetMetadata.transaction, which is a Transaction.
getSingleUse
Execute the read or SQL query in a temporary transaction.
This is the most efficient way to execute a transaction that
consists of a single SQL query.
Execute the read or SQL query in a previously-started transaction.
Returns
Type
Description
string
hasId
setId
Execute the read or SQL query in a previously-started transaction.
Parameter
Name
Description
var
string
Returns
Type
Description
$this
getBegin
Begin a new transaction and execute this read or SQL query in
it. The transaction ID of the new transaction is returned in
ResultSetMetadata.transaction,
which is a Transaction.
Begin a new transaction and execute this read or SQL query in
it. The transaction ID of the new transaction is returned in
ResultSetMetadata.transaction,
which is a Transaction.
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class TransactionSelector.\n\nThis message is used to select the transaction in which a\nRead or\nExecuteSql call runs.\n\nSee [TransactionOptions](/php/docs/reference/cloud-spanner/latest/V1.TransactionOptions) for more\ninformation about transactions.\n\nGenerated from protobuf message `google.spanner.v1.TransactionSelector`\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\nGoogle \\\\ Cloud \\\\ Spanner \\\\ V1\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### __construct\n\nConstructor.\n\n### getSingleUse\n\nExecute the read or SQL query in a temporary transaction.\n\nThis is the most efficient way to execute a transaction that\nconsists of a single SQL query.\n\n### hasSingleUse\n\n### setSingleUse\n\nExecute the read or SQL query in a temporary transaction.\n\nThis is the most efficient way to execute a transaction that\nconsists of a single SQL query.\n\n### getId\n\nExecute the read or SQL query in a previously-started transaction.\n\n### hasId\n\n### setId\n\nExecute the read or SQL query in a previously-started transaction.\n\n### getBegin\n\nBegin a new transaction and execute this read or SQL query in\nit. The transaction ID of the new transaction is returned in\n[ResultSetMetadata.transaction](/php/docs/reference/cloud-spanner/latest/V1.ResultSetMetadata#_Google_Cloud_Spanner_V1_ResultSetMetadata__getTransaction__),\nwhich is a [Transaction](/php/docs/reference/cloud-spanner/latest/V1.Transaction).\n\n### hasBegin\n\n### setBegin\n\nBegin a new transaction and execute this read or SQL query in\nit. The transaction ID of the new transaction is returned in\n[ResultSetMetadata.transaction](/php/docs/reference/cloud-spanner/latest/V1.ResultSetMetadata#_Google_Cloud_Spanner_V1_ResultSetMetadata__getTransaction__),\nwhich is a [Transaction](/php/docs/reference/cloud-spanner/latest/V1.Transaction).\n\n### getSelector"]]