Runs a query with legacy SQL.

## Explore further


For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

- [Introduction to SQL in BigQuery](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/introduction-sql.md.txt)

## Code sample

### C#


Before trying this sample, follow the C# setup instructions in the
[BigQuery quickstart using
client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/quickstarts/quickstart-client-libraries).


For more information, see the
[BigQuery C# API
reference documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.BigQuery.V2/latest).


To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/authentication.md.txt#client-libs).

```c#

using Google.Cloud.BigQuery.V2;
using System;

public class BigQueryQueryLegacy
{
    public void QueryLegacy(
        string projectId = "your-project-id"
    )
    {
        BigQueryClient client = BigQueryClient.Create(projectId);
        string query = @"
            SELECT name FROM [bigquery-public-data:usa_names.usa_1910_2013]
            WHERE state = 'TX'
            LIMIT 100";
        BigQueryJob job = client.CreateQueryJob(
            sql: query,
            parameters: null,
            options: new QueryOptions { UseLegacySql = true });
        // Wait for the job to complete.
        job = job.PollUntilCompleted().ThrowOnAnyError();
        // Display the results
        foreach (BigQueryRow row in client.GetQueryResults(job.Reference))
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"{row["name"]}");
        }
    }
}
```

### Go


Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the
[BigQuery quickstart using
client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/quickstarts/quickstart-client-libraries).


For more information, see the
[BigQuery Go API
reference documentation](https://godoc.org/cloud.google.com/go/bigquery).


To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/authentication.md.txt#client-libs).

```go
import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

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

// queryLegacy demonstrates running a query using Legacy SQL.
func queryLegacy(w io.Writer, projectID, sqlString string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// sqlString = "SELECT 3 as somenum"
	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(sqlString)
	q.UseLegacySQL = true

	// 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](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/quickstarts/quickstart-client-libraries).


For more information, see the
[BigQuery Java API
reference documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-bigquery/latest/overview).


To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/authentication.md.txt#client-libs).

```java
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.TableResult;

public class RunLegacyQuery {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    runLegacyQuery();
  }

  public static void runLegacyQuery() {
    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();

      // To use legacy SQL syntax, set useLegacySql to true.
      String query =
          "SELECT corpus FROM [bigquery-public-data:samples.shakespeare] GROUP BY corpus;";
      QueryJobConfiguration queryConfig =
          QueryJobConfiguration.newBuilder(query).setUseLegacySql(true).build();

      // Execute the query.
      TableResult result = bigquery.query(queryConfig);

      // Print the results.
      result.iterateAll().forEach(rows -> rows.forEach(row -> System.out.println(row.getValue())));

      System.out.println("Legacy query ran successfully");
    } catch (BigQueryException | InterruptedException e) {
      System.out.println("Legacy query did not run \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}
```

### PHP


Before trying this sample, follow the PHP setup instructions in the
[BigQuery quickstart using
client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/quickstarts/quickstart-client-libraries).


For more information, see the
[BigQuery PHP API
reference documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/php/docs/reference/cloud-bigquery/latest/BigQueryClient).


To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/authentication.md.txt#client-libs).

```php
use Google\Cloud\BigQuery\BigQueryClient;

/**
 * Query using legacy sql
 *
 * @param string $projectId The project Id of your Google Cloud Project.
 */
function query_legacy(string $projectId): void
{
    $query = 'SELECT corpus FROM [bigquery-public-data:samples.shakespeare] GROUP BY corpus';

    $bigQuery = new BigQueryClient([
      'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);
    $jobConfig = $bigQuery->query($query)->useLegacySql(true);

    $queryResults = $bigQuery->runQuery($jobConfig);

    $i = 0;
    foreach ($queryResults as $row) {
        printf('--- Row %s ---' . PHP_EOL, ++$i);
        foreach ($row as $column => $value) {
            printf('%s: %s' . PHP_EOL, $column, json_encode($value));
        }
    }
    printf('Found %s row(s)' . PHP_EOL, $i);
}
```

### Python


Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the
[BigQuery quickstart using
client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/quickstarts/quickstart-client-libraries).


For more information, see the
[BigQuery Python API
reference documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/bigquery/latest).


To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/authentication.md.txt#client-libs).

```python
from google.cloud import bigquery

# Construct a BigQuery client object.
client = bigquery.Client()

query = (
    "SELECT name FROM [bigquery-public-data:usa_names.usa_1910_2013] "
    'WHERE state = "TX" '
    "LIMIT 100"
)

# Set use_legacy_sql to True to use legacy SQL syntax.
job_config = bigquery.QueryJobConfig(use_legacy_sql=True)

# Start the query and waits for query job to complete, passing in the extra configuration.
results = client.query_and_wait(
    query, job_config=job_config
)  # Make an API request.

print("The query data:")
for row in results:
    print(row)
```

### Ruby


Before trying this sample, follow the Ruby setup instructions in the
[BigQuery quickstart using
client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/quickstarts/quickstart-client-libraries).


For more information, see the
[BigQuery Ruby API
reference documentation](https://googleapis.dev/ruby/google-cloud-bigquery/latest/Google/Cloud/Bigquery.html).


To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/authentication.md.txt#client-libs).

```ruby
require "google/cloud/bigquery"

def query_legacy
  bigquery = Google::Cloud::Bigquery.new
  sql = "SELECT name FROM [bigquery-public-data:usa_names.usa_1910_2013] " \
        "WHERE state = 'TX' " \
        "LIMIT 100"

  results = bigquery.query sql, legacy_sql: true do |config|
    # Location must match that of the dataset(s) referenced in the query.
    config.location = "US"
  end

  results.each do |row|
    puts row.inspect
  end
end
```

### Rust

```rust
use google_cloud_bigquery::client::BigQuery;

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

    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_location("US")
        .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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