Query with DATE parameter

Query data by using a DATE parameter.

Code sample

C#

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

string connectionString =
$"Data Source=projects/{projectId}/instances/"
+ $"{instanceId}/databases/{databaseId}";
// Create a Date object to use for querying.
DateTime exampleDate = new DateTime(2019, 01, 01);
// Create connection to Cloud Spanner.
using (var connection = new SpannerConnection(connectionString))
{
    var cmd = connection.CreateSelectCommand(
        "SELECT VenueId, VenueName, LastContactDate FROM Venues "
        + "WHERE LastContactDate < @ExampleDate");
    cmd.Parameters.Add("ExampleDate",
        SpannerDbType.Date, exampleDate);
    using (var reader = await cmd.ExecuteReaderAsync())
    {
        while (await reader.ReadAsync())
        {
            Console.WriteLine(
                reader.GetFieldValue<string>("VenueId")
                + " " + reader.GetFieldValue<string>("VenueName")
                + " " + reader.
                    GetFieldValue<string>("LastContactDate"));
        }
    }
}

C++

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

void QueryWithDateParameter(google::cloud::spanner::Client client) {
  namespace spanner = ::google::cloud::spanner;
  absl::CivilDay example_date(2019, 1, 1);
  spanner::SqlStatement select(
      "SELECT VenueId, VenueName, LastContactDate FROM Venues"
      " WHERE LastContactDate < @last_contact_date",
      {{"last_contact_date", spanner::Value(example_date)}});
  using RowType = std::tuple<std::int64_t, absl::optional<std::string>,
                             absl::optional<absl::CivilDay>>;
  auto rows = client.ExecuteQuery(std::move(select));
  for (auto const& row : spanner::StreamOf<RowType>(rows)) {
    if (!row) throw std::runtime_error(row.status().message());
    std::cout << "VenueId: " << std::get<0>(*row) << "\t";
    std::cout << "VenueName: " << std::get<1>(*row).value() << "\t";
    std::cout << "LastContactDate: " << std::get<2>(*row).value() << "\n";
  }
  std::cout << "Query completed for [spanner_query_with_date_parameter]\n";
}

Go

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


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

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

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

	var exampleDate = civil.Date{Year: 2019, Month: time.January, Day: 1}
	stmt := spanner.Statement{
		SQL: `SELECT VenueId, VenueName, LastContactDate FROM Venues
            	WHERE LastContactDate < @lastContactDate`,
		Params: map[string]interface{}{
			"lastContactDate": exampleDate,
		},
	}
	iter := client.Single().Query(ctx, stmt)
	defer iter.Stop()
	for {
		row, err := iter.Next()
		if err == iterator.Done {
			return nil
		}
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		var venueID int64
		var venueName string
		var lastContactDate civil.Date
		if err := row.Columns(&venueID, &venueName, &lastContactDate); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d %s %v\n", venueID, venueName, lastContactDate)
	}
}

Java

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

static void queryWithDate(DatabaseClient dbClient) {
  String exampleDate = "2019-01-01";
  Statement statement =
      Statement.newBuilder(
              "SELECT VenueId, VenueName, LastContactDate FROM Venues "
                  + "WHERE LastContactDate < @lastContactDate")
          .bind("lastContactDate")
          .to(exampleDate)
          .build();
  try (ResultSet resultSet = dbClient.singleUse().executeQuery(statement)) {
    while (resultSet.next()) {
      System.out.printf(
          "%d %s %s\n",
          resultSet.getLong("VenueId"),
          resultSet.getString("VenueName"),
          resultSet.getDate("LastContactDate"));
    }
  }
}

Node.js

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

// 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);

const fieldType = {
  type: 'date',
};

const exampleDate = '2019-01-01';

const query = {
  sql: `SELECT VenueId, VenueName, LastContactDate FROM Venues
          WHERE LastContactDate < @lastContactDate`,
  params: {
    lastContactDate: exampleDate,
  },
  types: {
    lastContactDate: fieldType,
  },
};

// Queries rows from the Venues table.
try {
  const [rows] = await database.run(query);

  rows.forEach(row => {
    const date = row[2]['value'];
    const json = row.toJSON();
    console.log(
      `VenueId: ${json.VenueId}, VenueName: ${json.VenueName},` +
        ` LastContactDate: ${JSON.stringify(date).substring(1, 11)}`
    );
  });
} 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 Cloud Spanner, see Cloud Spanner client libraries. 

use Google\Cloud\Spanner\SpannerClient;
use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Database;

/**
 * Queries sample data from the database using SQL with a DATE parameter.
 * Example:
 * ```
 * query_data_with_date_parameter($instanceId, $databaseId);
 * ```
 *
 * @param string $instanceId The Spanner instance ID.
 * @param string $databaseId The Spanner database ID.
 */
function query_data_with_date_parameter($instanceId, $databaseId)
{
    $spanner = new SpannerClient();
    $instance = $spanner->instance($instanceId);
    $database = $instance->database($databaseId);

    $exampleDate = '2019-01-01';

    $results = $database->execute(
        'SELECT VenueId, VenueName, LastContactDate FROM Venues ' .
        'WHERE LastContactDate < @lastContactDate',
        [
            'parameters' => [
                'lastContactDate' => $exampleDate
            ]
        ]
    );

    foreach ($results as $row) {
        printf('VenueId: %s, VenueName: %s, LastContactDate: %s' . PHP_EOL,
            $row['VenueId'], $row['VenueName'], $row['LastContactDate']);
    }
}

Python

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

# instance_id = "your-spanner-instance"
# database_id = "your-spanner-db-id"
spanner_client = spanner.Client()
instance = spanner_client.instance(instance_id)
database = instance.database(database_id)

exampleDate = "2019-01-01"
param = {"last_contact_date": exampleDate}
param_type = {"last_contact_date": param_types.DATE}

with database.snapshot() as snapshot:
    results = snapshot.execute_sql(
        "SELECT VenueId, VenueName, LastContactDate FROM Venues "
        "WHERE LastContactDate < @last_contact_date",
        params=param,
        param_types=param_type,
    )

    for row in results:
        print(u"VenueId: {}, VenueName: {}, LastContactDate: {}".format(*row))

Ruby

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

# 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

sql_query = "SELECT VenueId, VenueName, LastContactDate FROM Venues
             WHERE LastContactDate < @last_contact_date"

params      = { last_contact_date: "2019-01-01" }
param_types = { last_contact_date: :DATE }

client.execute(sql_query, params: params, types: param_types).rows.each do |row|
  puts "#{row[:VenueId]} #{row[:VenueName]} #{row[:LastContactDate]}"
end

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