DML write data

Write data by using DML.

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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 DmlGettingStartedInsert(google::cloud::spanner::Client client) {
  using ::google::cloud::StatusOr;
  namespace spanner = ::google::cloud::spanner;

  auto commit_result = client.Commit(
      [&client](spanner::Transaction txn) -> StatusOr<spanner::Mutations> {
        auto insert = client.ExecuteDml(
            std::move(txn),
            spanner::SqlStatement(
                "INSERT INTO Singers (SingerId, FirstName, LastName) VALUES"
                " (12, 'Melissa', 'Garcia'),"
                " (13, 'Russell', 'Morales'),"
                " (14, 'Jacqueline', 'Long'),"
                " (15, 'Dylan', 'Shaw')"));
        if (!insert) return std::move(insert).status();
        return spanner::Mutations{};
      });
  if (!commit_result) throw std::move(commit_result).status();
  std::cout << "Insert was successful [spanner_dml_getting_started_insert]\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. 

public static async Task WriteDataWithDml(string connectionString)
{
    await using var connection = new SpannerConnection(connectionString);
    await connection.OpenAsync();

    // Add 4 rows in one statement.
    // The ADO.NET driver supports positional query parameters.
    await using var command = connection.CreateCommand();
    command.CommandText = "INSERT INTO Singers (SingerId, FirstName, LastName) " +
                          "VALUES (?, ?, ?), (?, ?, ?), " +
                          "       (?, ?, ?), (?, ?, ?)";
    command.Parameters.Add(12);
    command.Parameters.Add("Melissa");
    command.Parameters.Add("Garcia");

    command.Parameters.Add(13);
    command.Parameters.Add("Russel");
    command.Parameters.Add("Morales");

    command.Parameters.Add(14);
    command.Parameters.Add("Jacqueline");
    command.Parameters.Add("Long");

    command.Parameters.Add(15);
    command.Parameters.Add("Dylan");
    command.Parameters.Add("Shaw");

    var affected = await command.ExecuteNonQueryAsync();
    Console.WriteLine($"{affected} record(s) inserted.");
}

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. 


func writeUsingDML(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer, client *spanner.Client) error {
	_, err := client.ReadWriteTransaction(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, txn *spanner.ReadWriteTransaction) error {
		stmt := spanner.Statement{
			SQL: `INSERT Singers (SingerId, FirstName, LastName) VALUES
				(12, 'Melissa', 'Garcia'),
				(13, 'Russell', 'Morales'),
				(14, 'Jacqueline', 'Long'),
				(15, 'Dylan', 'Shaw')`,
		}
		rowCount, err := txn.Update(ctx, stmt)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d record(s) inserted.\n", rowCount)
		return err
	})
	return err
}

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. 

static void writeDataWithDml(
    final String project,
    final String instance,
    final String database,
    final Properties properties) throws SQLException {
  try (Connection connection =
      DriverManager.getConnection(
          String.format(
              "jdbc:cloudspanner:/projects/%s/instances/%s/databases/%s",
              project, instance, database),
          properties)) {
    // Add 4 rows in one statement.
    // JDBC always uses '?' as a parameter placeholder.
    try (PreparedStatement preparedStatement =
        connection.prepareStatement(
            "INSERT INTO Singers (SingerId, FirstName, LastName) VALUES "
                + "(?, ?, ?), "
                + "(?, ?, ?), "
                + "(?, ?, ?), "
                + "(?, ?, ?)")) {

      final ImmutableList<Singer> singers =
          ImmutableList.of(
              new Singer(/* SingerId = */ 12L, "Melissa", "Garcia"),
              new Singer(/* SingerId = */ 13L, "Russel", "Morales"),
              new Singer(/* SingerId = */ 14L, "Jacqueline", "Long"),
              new Singer(/* SingerId = */ 15L, "Dylan", "Shaw"));

      // Note that JDBC parameters start at index 1.
      int paramIndex = 0;
      for (Singer singer : singers) {
        preparedStatement.setLong(++paramIndex, singer.singerId);
        preparedStatement.setString(++paramIndex, singer.firstName);
        preparedStatement.setString(++paramIndex, singer.lastName);
      }

      int updateCount = preparedStatement.executeUpdate();
      System.out.printf("%d records inserted.\n", updateCount);
    }
  }
}

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);

try {
  await database.runTransactionAsync(async transaction => {
    const [rowCount] = await transaction.runUpdate({
      sql: `INSERT Singers (SingerId, FirstName, LastName) VALUES
      (12, 'Melissa', 'Garcia'),
      (13, 'Russell', 'Morales'),
      (14, 'Jacqueline', 'Long'),
      (15, 'Dylan', 'Shaw')`,
    });
    console.log(`${rowCount} records inserted.`);
    await transaction.commit();
  });
} catch (err) {
  console.error('ERROR:', err);
} finally {
  // Close the database when finished.
  await database.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 writeDataWithDml(host: string, port: number, database: string): Promise<void> {
  const connection = new Client({
    host: host,
    port: port,
    database: database,
  });
  await connection.connect();

  const result = await connection.query("INSERT INTO singers (singer_id, first_name, last_name) " +
      "VALUES ($1, $2, $3), ($4, $5, $6), " +
      "       ($7, $8, $9), ($10, $11, $12)",
       [12, "Melissa", "Garcia",
        13, "Russel", "Morales",
        14, "Jacqueline", "Long",
        15, "Dylan", "Shaw"])
  console.log(`${result.rowCount} records inserted`);

  // 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. 

use Google\Cloud\Spanner\SpannerClient;
use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Transaction;

/**
 * Inserts sample data into the given database with a DML statement.
 *
 * The database and table must already exist and can be created using
 * `create_database`.
 * Example:
 * ```
 * insert_data($instanceId, $databaseId);
 * ```
 *
 * @param string $instanceId The Spanner instance ID.
 * @param string $databaseId The Spanner database ID.
 */
function write_data_with_dml(string $instanceId, string $databaseId): void
{
    $spanner = new SpannerClient();
    $instance = $spanner->instance($instanceId);
    $database = $instance->database($databaseId);

    $database->runTransaction(function (Transaction $t) {
        $rowCount = $t->executeUpdate(
            'INSERT Singers (SingerId, FirstName, LastName) VALUES '
            . "(12, 'Melissa', 'Garcia'), "
            . "(13, 'Russell', 'Morales'), "
            . "(14, 'Jacqueline', 'Long'), "
            . "(15, 'Dylan', 'Shaw')");
        $t->commit();
        printf('Inserted %d row(s).' . PHP_EOL, $rowCount);
    });
}

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)

def insert_singers(transaction):
    row_ct = transaction.execute_update(
        "INSERT INTO Singers (SingerId, FirstName, LastName) VALUES "
        "(12, 'Melissa', 'Garcia'), "
        "(13, 'Russell', 'Morales'), "
        "(14, 'Jacqueline', 'Long'), "
        "(15, 'Dylan', 'Shaw')"
    )
    print("{} record(s) inserted.".format(row_ct))

database.run_in_transaction(insert_singers)

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
row_count = 0

client.transaction do |transaction|
  row_count = transaction.execute_update(
    "INSERT INTO Singers (SingerId, FirstName, LastName) VALUES
     (12, 'Melissa', 'Garcia'),
     (13, 'Russell', 'Morales'),
     (14, 'Jacqueline', 'Long'),
     (15, 'Dylan', 'Shaw'),
     (16, 'Billie', 'Eillish'),
     (17, 'Judy', 'Garland'),
     (18, 'Taylor', 'Swift'),
     (19, 'Miley', 'Cyrus'),
     (20, 'Michael', 'Jackson'),
     (21, 'Ariana', 'Grande'),
     (22, 'Elvis', 'Presley'),
     (23, 'Kanye', 'West'),
     (24, 'Lady', 'Gaga'),
     (25, 'Nick', 'Jonas')"
  )
end

puts "#{row_count} records inserted."

Rust

use google_cloud_spanner::client::DatabaseClient;
use google_cloud_spanner::statement::Statement;

pub async fn sample(client: &DatabaseClient) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    let runner = client.read_write_transaction().build().await?;

    runner
        .run(async |transaction| {
            let sql = r#"INSERT INTO Singers (SingerId, FirstName, LastName) VALUES
                       (12, 'Melissa', 'Garcia'),
                       (13, 'Russell', 'Morales'),
                       (14, 'Jacqueline', 'Long'),
                       (15, 'Dylan', 'Shaw')"#;
            let statement = Statement::builder(sql).build();
            let row_count = transaction.execute_update(statement).await?;
            println!("{row_count} records inserted.");
            Ok(())
        })
        .await?;

    Ok(())
}

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