Delete graph data with DML

Delete Spanner Graph data using DML.

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• Insert, update, or delete Spanner Graph data

Code sample

C++

To learn how to install and use the client library for Spanner, see Spanner client libraries.

To authenticate to Spanner, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

void DeleteDataWithDml(google::cloud::spanner::Client client) {
  using ::google::cloud::StatusOr;
  namespace spanner = ::google::cloud::spanner;

  auto commit_result = client.Commit([&client](spanner::Transaction txn)
                                         -> StatusOr<spanner::Mutations> {
    auto deleted = client.ExecuteDml(
        std::move(txn),
        spanner::SqlStatement(
            "DELETE FROM AccountTransferAccount WHERE id = 1 AND to_id = 2"));
    if (!deleted) return std::move(deleted).status();
    return spanner::Mutations{};
  });
  if (!commit_result) throw std::move(commit_result).status();

  commit_result = client.Commit(
      [&client](spanner::Transaction txn) -> StatusOr<spanner::Mutations> {
        auto deleted = client.ExecuteDml(
            std::move(txn),
            spanner::SqlStatement("DELETE FROM Account WHERE id = 2"));
        if (!deleted) return std::move(deleted).status();
        return spanner::Mutations{};
      });
  if (!commit_result) throw std::move(commit_result).status();

  std::cout << "Delete was successful [spanner_delete_graph_data_with_dml]\n";
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Spanner, see Spanner client libraries.

To authenticate to Spanner, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	"cloud.google.com/go/spanner"
)

func deleteGraphDataWithDml(w io.Writer, db string) error {
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := spanner.NewClient(ctx, db)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Execute a ReadWriteTransaction to update the 'AccountTransferAccount'
	// table underpinning 'AccountTransferAccount' edges in 'FinGraph'. The
	// function run by ReadWriteTransaction executes an 'DELETE' SQL DML
	// statement. This has the effect of deleting the 'AccountTransferAccount'
	// edge where the source 'id' is 1 and the destination 'id' is 2 from the graph.
	_, err1 := client.ReadWriteTransaction(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, txn *spanner.ReadWriteTransaction) error {
		stmt := spanner.Statement{SQL: `DELETE FROM AccountTransferAccount WHERE id = 1 AND to_id = 2`}
		rowCount, err := txn.Update(ctx, stmt)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d AccountTransferAccount record(s) deleted.\n", rowCount)
		return nil
	})

	if err1 != nil {
		return err1
	}

	// Execute a ReadWriteTransaction to update the 'Account' table underpinning
	//'Account' nodes in 'FinGraph'. In 'FinGraph', nodes can only be deleted
	// after any edges referencing the nodes have been deleted first. The function
	// run by ReadWriteTransaction executes an 'DELETE' SQL DML statement. This has
	// the effect of deleting the 'Account' node whose 'id' is 1 from the graph.
	_, err2 := client.ReadWriteTransaction(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, txn *spanner.ReadWriteTransaction) error {
		stmt := spanner.Statement{SQL: `DELETE FROM Account WHERE id = 2`}
		rowCount, err := txn.Update(ctx, stmt)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d Account record(s) deleted.\n", rowCount)
		return nil
	})

	return err2
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Spanner, see Spanner client libraries.

To authenticate to Spanner, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

static void deleteUsingDml(DatabaseClient dbClient) {
  dbClient
      .readWriteTransaction()
      .run(
          transaction -> {
            String sql = "DELETE FROM AccountTransferAccount WHERE id = 1 AND to_id = 2";
            long rowCount = transaction.executeUpdate(Statement.of(sql));
            System.out.printf("%d AccountTransferAccount record(s) deleted.\n", rowCount);
            return null;
          });

  dbClient
      .readWriteTransaction()
      .run(
          transaction -> {
            String sql = "DELETE FROM Account WHERE id = 2";
            long rowCount = transaction.executeUpdate(Statement.of(sql));
            System.out.printf("%d Account record(s) deleted.\n", rowCount);
            return null;
          });
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Spanner, see Spanner client libraries.

To authenticate to Spanner, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

def delete_data_with_dml(instance_id, database_id):
    """Deletes sample data from the database using a DML statement."""

    spanner_client = spanner.Client()
    instance = spanner_client.instance(instance_id)
    database = instance.database(database_id)

    def delete_transfers(transaction):
        row_ct = transaction.execute_update(
            "DELETE FROM AccountTransferAccount WHERE id = 1 AND to_id = 2"
        )

        print("{} AccountTransferAccount record(s) deleted.".format(row_ct))

    def delete_accounts(transaction):
        row_ct = transaction.execute_update("DELETE FROM Account WHERE id = 2")

        print("{} Account record(s) deleted.".format(row_ct))

    database.run_in_transaction(delete_transfers)
    database.run_in_transaction(delete_accounts)

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