Query with DATE parameter

Query data by using a DATE parameter.

Code sample

C++

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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& row : spanner::StreamOf<RowType>(rows)) {
    if (!row) throw std::move(row).status();
    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";
}

C#

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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.


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

public class QueryWithDateAsyncSample
{
    public class Venue
    {
        public int VenueId { get; set; }
        public string VenueName { get; set; }
        public DateTime LastContactDate { get; set; }
    }

    public async Task<List<Venue>> QueryWithDateAsync(string projectId, string instanceId, string databaseId)
    {
        string connectionString = $"Data Source=projects/{projectId}/instances/{instanceId}/databases/{databaseId}";
        // Initialize a Date variable to use for querying.
        DateTime exampleDate = new DateTime(2019, 01, 01);

        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);

        var venues = new List<Venue>();
        using var reader = await cmd.ExecuteReaderAsync();
        while (await reader.ReadAsync())
        {
            venues.Add(new Venue
            {
                VenueId = reader.GetFieldValue<int>("VenueId"),
                VenueName = reader.GetFieldValue<string>("VenueName"),
                LastContactDate = reader.GetFieldValue<DateTime>("LastContactDate")
            });
        }
        return venues;
    }
}

Go

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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.


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

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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 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 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);

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

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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.

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(string $instanceId, string $databaseId): void
{
    $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 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.

# 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("VenueId: {}, VenueName: {}, LastContactDate: {}".format(*row))

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

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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