Add column

Update a schema by adding a column.

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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 AddColumn(google::cloud::spanner_admin::DatabaseAdminClient client,
               std::string const& project_id, std::string const& instance_id,
               std::string const& database_id) {
  google::cloud::spanner::Database database(project_id, instance_id,
                                            database_id);
  auto metadata =
      client
          .UpdateDatabaseDdl(
              database.FullName(),
              {"ALTER TABLE Albums ADD COLUMN MarketingBudget INT64"})
          .get();
  google::cloud::spanner_testing::LogUpdateDatabaseDdl(  //! TODO(#4758)
      client, database, metadata.status());              //! TODO(#4758)
  if (!metadata) throw std::move(metadata).status();
  std::cout << "Added MarketingBudget 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.Threading.Tasks;

public class AddColumnAsyncSample
{
    public async Task AddColumnAsync(string projectId, string instanceId, string databaseId)
    {
        string connectionString = $"Data Source=projects/{projectId}/instances/{instanceId}/databases/{databaseId}";
        string alterStatement = "ALTER TABLE Albums ADD COLUMN MarketingBudget INT64";

        using var connection = new SpannerConnection(connectionString);
        using var updateCmd = connection.CreateDdlCommand(alterStatement);
        await updateCmd.ExecuteNonQueryAsync();
        Console.WriteLine("Added the MarketingBudget column.");
    }
}

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"
	"database/sql"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	_ "github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner"
)

func AddColumn(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer, databaseName string) error {
	db, err := sql.Open("spanner", databaseName)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer db.Close()

	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx,
		`ALTER TABLE Albums
			ADD COLUMN MarketingBudget INT64`)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	fmt.Fprint(w, "Added MarketingBudget column\n")
	return nil
}

Java

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 java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;

class AddColumn {
  static void addColumn(String host, int port, String database) throws SQLException {
    String connectionUrl = String.format("jdbc:postgresql://%s:%d/%s", host, port, database);
    try (Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionUrl)) {
      connection.createStatement().execute("alter table albums add column marketing_budget bigint");
      System.out.println("Added marketing_budget column");
    }
  }
}

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. 


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

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

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

const databaseAdminClient = spanner.getDatabaseAdminClient();

// Creates a new index in the database
try {
  const [operation] = await databaseAdminClient.updateDatabaseDdl({
    database: databaseAdminClient.databasePath(
      projectId,
      instanceId,
      databaseId
    ),
    statements: ['ALTER TABLE Albums ADD COLUMN MarketingBudget INT64'],
  });

  console.log('Waiting for operation to complete...');
  await operation.promise();

  console.log('Added the MarketingBudget column.');
} catch (err) {
  console.error('Failed to add column:', err.message || err);
} finally {
  // Close the spanner client when finished.
  // The databaseAdminClient does not require explicit closure. The closure of the Spanner client will automatically close the databaseAdminClient.
  spanner.close();
}

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. 

import { Client } from 'pg';

async function addColumn(host: string, port: number, database: string): Promise<void> {
  const connection = new Client({
    host: host,
    port: port,
    database: database,
  });
  await connection.connect();

  await connection.query(
      "ALTER TABLE albums " +
      "ADD COLUMN marketing_budget bigint");
  console.log("Added marketing_budget column");

  // Close the connection.
  await connection.end();
}

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. 

function add_column(string $host, string $port, string $database): void
{
    $dsn = sprintf("pgsql:host=%s;port=%s;dbname=%s", $host, $port, $database);
    $connection = new PDO($dsn);

    $connection->exec("ALTER TABLE albums ADD COLUMN marketing_budget bigint");
    print("Added marketing_budget column\n");

    $connection = null;
}

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. 

import string
import psycopg


def add_column(host: string, port: int, database: string):
    with psycopg.connect("host={host} port={port} dbname={database} "
                         "sslmode=disable".format(host=host,
                                                  port=port,
                                                  database=database)) as conn:
        # DDL can only be executed when autocommit=True.
        conn.autocommit = True
        with conn.cursor() as cur:
            cur.execute("ALTER TABLE albums "
                        "ADD COLUMN marketing_budget bigint")
            print("Added marketing_budget column")

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"
require "google/cloud/spanner/admin/database"

database_admin_client = Google::Cloud::Spanner::Admin::Database.database_admin

db_path = database_admin_client.database_path project: project_id,
                                              instance: instance_id,
                                              database: database_id

job = database_admin_client.update_database_ddl database: db_path,
                                                statements: [
                                                  "ALTER TABLE Albums ADD COLUMN MarketingBudget INT64"
                                                ]

puts "Waiting for database update to complete"

job.wait_until_done!

puts "Added the MarketingBudget column"

Rust

use google_cloud_lro::Poller;
use google_cloud_spanner_admin_database_v1::client::DatabaseAdmin;

pub async fn sample(admin_client: &DatabaseAdmin, database_name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    let statements = vec!["ALTER TABLE Albums ADD COLUMN MarketingBudget INT64"];

    admin_client
        .update_database_ddl()
        .set_database(database_name)
        .set_statements(statements)
        .poller()
        .until_done()
        .await?;

    println!("Added MarketingBudget column");
    Ok(())
}

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