Mutations write data with TIMESTAMP column

Write data into a table containing a TIMESTAMP column by using mutations.

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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 InsertDataWithTimestamp(google::cloud::spanner::Client client) {
  namespace spanner = ::google::cloud::spanner;
  auto commit_result = client.Commit(spanner::Mutations{
      spanner::InsertOrUpdateMutationBuilder(
          "Performances",
          {"SingerId", "VenueId", "EventDate", "Revenue", "LastUpdateTime"})
          .EmplaceRow(1, 4, absl::CivilDay(2017, 10, 5), 11000,
                      spanner::CommitTimestamp{})
          .EmplaceRow(1, 19, absl::CivilDay(2017, 11, 2), 15000,
                      spanner::CommitTimestamp{})
          .EmplaceRow(2, 42, absl::CivilDay(2017, 12, 23), 7000,
                      spanner::CommitTimestamp{})
          .Build()});
  if (!commit_result) throw std::move(commit_result).status();
  std::cout
      << "Update was successful [spanner_insert_data_with_timestamp_column]\n";
}

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.


using Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class WriteDataWithTimestampAsyncSample
{
    public class Performance
    {
        public int SingerId { get; set; }
        public int VenueId { get; set; }
        public DateTime EventDate { get; set; }
        public long Revenue { get; set; }
    }

    public async Task<int> WriteDataWithTimestampAsync(string projectId, string instanceId, string databaseId)
    {
        string connectionString = $"Data Source=projects/{projectId}/instances/{instanceId}/databases/{databaseId}";

        List<Performance> performances = new List<Performance>
        {
            new Performance { SingerId = 1, VenueId = 4, EventDate = DateTime.Parse("2017-10-05"), Revenue = 11000 },
            new Performance { SingerId = 1, VenueId = 19, EventDate = DateTime.Parse("2017-11-02"), Revenue = 15000 },
            new Performance { SingerId = 2, VenueId = 42, EventDate = DateTime.Parse("2017-12-23"), Revenue = 7000 },
        };
        // Create connection to Cloud Spanner.
        using var connection = new SpannerConnection(connectionString);
        await connection.OpenAsync();

        // Insert rows into the Performances table.
        var rowCountAarray = await Task.WhenAll(performances.Select(performance =>
        {
            var cmd = connection.CreateInsertCommand("Performances", new SpannerParameterCollection
            {
                { "SingerId", SpannerDbType.Int64, performance.SingerId },
                { "VenueId", SpannerDbType.Int64, performance.VenueId },
                { "EventDate", SpannerDbType.Date, performance.EventDate },
                { "Revenue", SpannerDbType.Int64, performance.Revenue },
                { "LastUpdateTime", SpannerDbType.Timestamp, SpannerParameter.CommitTimestamp },
            });
            return cmd.ExecuteNonQueryAsync();
        }));
        return rowCountAarray.Sum();
    }
}

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"

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

func writeWithTimestamp(db string) error {
	ctx := context.Background()

	client, err := spanner.NewClient(ctx, db)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer client.Close()

	performanceColumns := []string{"SingerId", "VenueId", "EventDate", "Revenue", "LastUpdateTime"}
	m := []*spanner.Mutation{
		spanner.InsertOrUpdate("Performances", performanceColumns, []interface{}{1, 4, "2017-10-05", 11000, spanner.CommitTimestamp}),
		spanner.InsertOrUpdate("Performances", performanceColumns, []interface{}{1, 19, "2017-11-02", 15000, spanner.CommitTimestamp}),
		spanner.InsertOrUpdate("Performances", performanceColumns, []interface{}{2, 42, "2017-12-23", 7000, spanner.CommitTimestamp}),
	}
	_, err = client.Apply(ctx, m)
	return err
}

Java

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

static final List<Performance> PERFORMANCES =
    Arrays.asList(
        new Performance(1, 4, "2017-10-05", 11000),
        new Performance(1, 19, "2017-11-02", 15000),
        new Performance(2, 42, "2017-12-23", 7000));
static void writeExampleDataWithTimestamp(DatabaseClient dbClient) {
  List<Mutation> mutations = new ArrayList<>();
  for (Performance performance : PERFORMANCES) {
    mutations.add(
        Mutation.newInsertBuilder("Performances")
            .set("SingerId")
            .to(performance.singerId)
            .set("VenueId")
            .to(performance.venueId)
            .set("EventDate")
            .to(performance.eventDate)
            .set("Revenue")
            .to(performance.revenue)
            .set("LastUpdateTime")
            .to(Value.COMMIT_TIMESTAMP)
            .build());
  }
  dbClient.write(mutations);
}

Node.js

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.

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const {Spanner} = require('@google-cloud/spanner');

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample.
 */
// const projectId = 'my-project-id';
// const instanceId = 'my-instance';
// const databaseId = 'my-database';

// Creates a client
const spanner = new Spanner({
  projectId: projectId,
});

// Gets a reference to a Cloud Spanner instance and database
const instance = spanner.instance(instanceId);
const database = instance.database(databaseId);

// Instantiate Spanner table objects
const performancesTable = database.table('Performances');

const data = [
  {
    SingerId: '1',
    VenueId: '4',
    EventDate: '2017-10-05',
    Revenue: '11000',
    LastUpdateTime: 'spanner.commit_timestamp()',
  },
  {
    SingerId: '1',
    VenueId: '19',
    EventDate: '2017-11-02',
    Revenue: '15000',
    LastUpdateTime: 'spanner.commit_timestamp()',
  },
  {
    SingerId: '2',
    VenueId: '42',
    EventDate: '2017-12-23',
    Revenue: '7000',
    LastUpdateTime: 'spanner.commit_timestamp()',
  },
];

// Inserts rows into the Singers table
// Note: Cloud Spanner interprets Node.js numbers as FLOAT64s, so
// they must be converted to strings before being inserted as INT64s
try {
  await performancesTable.insert(data);
  console.log('Inserted data.');
} catch (err) {
  console.error('ERROR:', err);
} finally {
  // Close the database when finished
  database.close();
}

PHP

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.

use Google\Cloud\Spanner\SpannerClient;

/**
 * Inserts sample data into a table with a commit timestamp column.
 *
 * The database and table must already exist and can be created using
 * `create_table_with_timestamp_column`.
 * Example:
 * ```
 * insert_data_with_timestamp_column($instanceId, $databaseId);
 * ```
 *
 * @param string $instanceId The Spanner instance ID.
 * @param string $databaseId The Spanner database ID.
 */
function insert_data_with_timestamp_column(string $instanceId, string $databaseId): void
{
    $spanner = new SpannerClient();
    $instance = $spanner->instance($instanceId);
    $database = $instance->database($databaseId);

    $operation = $database->transaction(['singleUse' => true])
        ->insertBatch('Performances', [
            ['SingerId' => 1, 'VenueId' => 4, 'EventDate' => '2017-10-05', 'Revenue' => 11000, 'LastUpdateTime' => $spanner->commitTimestamp()],
            ['SingerId' => 1, 'VenueId' => 19, 'EventDate' => '2017-11-02', 'Revenue' => 15000, 'LastUpdateTime' => $spanner->commitTimestamp()],
            ['SingerId' => 2, 'VenueId' => 42, 'EventDate' => '2017-12-23', 'Revenue' => 7000, 'LastUpdateTime' => $spanner->commitTimestamp()],
        ])
        ->commit();

    print('Inserted data.' . PHP_EOL);
}

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 insert_data_with_timestamp(instance_id, database_id):
    """Inserts data with a COMMIT_TIMESTAMP field into a table."""

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

    database = instance.database(database_id)

    with database.batch() as batch:
        batch.insert(
            table="Performances",
            columns=("SingerId", "VenueId", "EventDate", "Revenue", "LastUpdateTime"),
            values=[
                (1, 4, "2017-10-05", 11000, spanner.COMMIT_TIMESTAMP),
                (1, 19, "2017-11-02", 15000, spanner.COMMIT_TIMESTAMP),
                (2, 42, "2017-12-23", 7000, spanner.COMMIT_TIMESTAMP),
            ],
        )

    print("Inserted data.")

Ruby

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.

# project_id  = "Your Google Cloud project ID"
# instance_id = "Your Spanner instance ID"
# database_id = "Your Spanner database ID"

require "google/cloud/spanner"

spanner = Google::Cloud::Spanner.new project: project_id
client  = spanner.client instance_id, database_id

# Get commit_timestamp
commit_timestamp = client.commit_timestamp

client.commit do |c|
  c.insert "Performances", [
    { SingerId: 1, VenueId: 4, EventDate: "2017-10-05", Revenue: 11_000, LastUpdateTime: commit_timestamp },
    { SingerId: 1, VenueId: 19, EventDate: "2017-11-02", Revenue: 15_000, LastUpdateTime: commit_timestamp },
    { SingerId: 2, VenueId: 42, EventDate: "2017-12-23", Revenue: 7000, LastUpdateTime: commit_timestamp }
  ]
end

puts "Inserted data"

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