Enable large results

Query enables large result sets using legacy SQL.

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• Writing query results

Code sample

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"

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

// queryLegacyLargeResults demonstrates issuing a legacy SQL query and writing a large result set
// into a destination table.
func queryLegacyLargeResults(w io.Writer, projectID, datasetID, tableID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// datasetID := "destinationdataset"
	// tableID := "destinationtable"
	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 corpus FROM [bigquery-public-data:samples.shakespeare] GROUP BY corpus;")
	q.UseLegacySQL = true
	q.AllowLargeResults = true
	q.QueryConfig.Dst = client.Dataset(datasetID).Table(tableID)
	// 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.TableId;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableResult;

// Sample to run query with large results and save the results to a table.
public class QueryLargeResults {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String destinationDataset = "MY_DESTINATION_DATASET_NAME";
    String destinationTable = "MY_DESTINATION_TABLE_NAME";
    String query = "SELECT corpus FROM [bigquery-public-data:samples.shakespeare] GROUP BY corpus;";
    queryLargeResults(destinationDataset, destinationTable, query);
  }

  public static void queryLargeResults(
      String destinationDataset, String destinationTable, String query) {
    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();

      QueryJobConfiguration queryConfig =
          // To use legacy SQL syntax, set useLegacySql to true.
          QueryJobConfiguration.newBuilder(query)
              .setUseLegacySql(true)
              // Save the results of the query to a permanent table.
              .setDestinationTable(TableId.of(destinationDataset, destinationTable))
              // Allow results larger than the maximum response size.
              // If true, a destination table must be set.
              .setAllowLargeResults(true)
              .build();

      TableResult results = bigquery.query(queryConfig);

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

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

Rust

use google_cloud_bigquery::client::BigQuery;
use google_cloud_bigquery::model::TableReference;

pub async fn sample(project_id: &str, dataset_id: &str, table_id: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    let client = BigQuery::builder().build().await?;

    let destination = TableReference::new()
        .set_project_id(project_id)
        .set_dataset_id(dataset_id)
        .set_table_id(table_id);

    let mut rows = client
        .query(
            "SELECT \
        name FROM [bigquery-public-data:usa_names.usa_1910_2013] \
        WHERE state = 'TX' \
        LIMIT 100",
        )
        .with_project_id(project_id)
        .set_use_legacy_sql(true)
        .set_allow_large_results(true)
        .set_destination_table(destination)
        .set_location("US")
        .run()
        .await?
        .until_done()
        .await?
        .read();

    while let Some(row) = rows.next().await.transpose()? {
        let name: String = row.get("name");
        println!("Name: {name}");
    }
    Ok(())
}

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