Timestamp parameters

Run a query with timestamp parameters.

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C#

Before trying this sample, follow the C# setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery C# API reference documentation.

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using Google.Cloud.BigQuery.V2;
using System;

public class BigQueryQueryWithTimestampParameters
{
    public void QueryWithTimestampParameters(string projectId = "project-id")
    {
        var timestamp = new DateTime(2016, 12, 7, 8, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);

        // Note: Standard SQL is required to use query parameters.
        var query = "SELECT TIMESTAMP_ADD(@ts_value, INTERVAL 1 HOUR);";

        // Initialize client that will be used to send requests.
        var client = BigQueryClient.Create(projectId);

        var parameters = new BigQueryParameter[]
        {
            new BigQueryParameter("ts_value", BigQueryDbType.Timestamp, timestamp),
        };

        var job = client.CreateQueryJob(
            sql: query,
            parameters: parameters,
            options: new QueryOptions { UseQueryCache = false });
        // Wait for the job to complete.
        job = job.PollUntilCompleted().ThrowOnAnyError();
        // Display the results
        foreach (BigQueryRow row in client.GetQueryResults(job.Reference))
        {
            Console.WriteLine(row[0]);
        }
    }
}

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"

	"cloud.google.com/go/bigquery"
	"google.golang.org/api/iterator"
)

// queryWithTimestampParam demonstrates issuing a query and supplying a timestamp query parameter.
func queryWithTimestampParam(w io.Writer, projectID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := bigquery.NewClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("bigquery.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	q := client.Query(
		`SELECT TIMESTAMP_ADD(@ts_value, INTERVAL 1 HOUR);`)
	q.Parameters = []bigquery.QueryParameter{
		{
			Name:  "ts_value",
			Value: time.Date(2016, 12, 7, 8, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
		},
	}
	// Run the query and process the returned row iterator.
	it, err := q.Read(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("query.Read(): %w", err)
	}
	for {
		var row []bigquery.Value
		err := it.Next(&row)
		if err == iterator.Done {
			break
		}
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		fmt.Fprintln(w, row)
	}
	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.QueryJobConfiguration;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.QueryParameterValue;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableResult;
import org.threeten.bp.LocalDateTime;
import org.threeten.bp.ZoneOffset;
import org.threeten.bp.ZonedDateTime;

// Sample to running a query with timestamp query parameters.
public class QueryWithTimestampParameters {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    queryWithTimestampParameters();
  }

  public static void queryWithTimestampParameters() {
    try {
      // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
      // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
      BigQuery bigquery = BigQueryOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();

      ZonedDateTime timestamp = LocalDateTime.of(2016, 12, 7, 8, 0, 0).atZone(ZoneOffset.UTC);
      String query = "SELECT TIMESTAMP_ADD(@ts_value, INTERVAL 1 HOUR);";
      // Note: Standard SQL is required to use query parameters.
      QueryJobConfiguration queryConfig =
          QueryJobConfiguration.newBuilder(query)
              .addNamedParameter(
                  "ts_value",
                  QueryParameterValue.timestamp(
                      // Timestamp takes microseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00 UTC
                      timestamp.toInstant().toEpochMilli() * 1000))
              .build();

      TableResult results = bigquery.query(queryConfig);

      results
          .iterateAll()
          .forEach(row -> row.forEach(val -> System.out.printf("%s", val.toString())));

      System.out.println("Query with timestamp parameter performed successfully.");
    } catch (BigQueryException | InterruptedException e) {
      System.out.println("Query not performed \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

// Run a query using timestamp parameters

// Import the Google Cloud client library
const {BigQuery} = require('@google-cloud/bigquery');
const bigquery = new BigQuery();

async function queryParamsTimestamps() {
  // The SQL query to run
  const sqlQuery = 'SELECT TIMESTAMP_ADD(@ts_value, INTERVAL 1 HOUR);';

  const options = {
    query: sqlQuery,
    // Location must match that of the dataset(s) referenced in the query.
    location: 'US',
    params: {ts_value: new Date()},
  };

  // Run the query
  const [rows] = await bigquery.query(options);

  console.log('Rows:');
  rows.forEach(row => console.log(row.f0_));
}

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

import datetime

from google.cloud import bigquery

# Construct a BigQuery client object.
client = bigquery.Client()

query = "SELECT TIMESTAMP_ADD(@ts_value, INTERVAL 1 HOUR);"
job_config = bigquery.QueryJobConfig(
    query_parameters=[
        bigquery.ScalarQueryParameter(
            "ts_value",
            "TIMESTAMP",
            datetime.datetime(2016, 12, 7, 8, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc),
        )
    ]
)
results = client.query_and_wait(
    query, job_config=job_config
)  # Make an API request.

for row in results:
    print(row)

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