Read-only transaction

Use a read-only transaction.

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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 ReadOnlyTransaction(google::cloud::spanner::Client client) {
  namespace spanner = ::google::cloud::spanner;
  auto read_only = spanner::MakeReadOnlyTransaction();

  spanner::SqlStatement select(
      "SELECT SingerId, AlbumId, AlbumTitle FROM Albums");
  using RowType = std::tuple<std::int64_t, std::int64_t, std::string>;

  // Read#1.
  auto rows1 = client.ExecuteQuery(read_only, select);
  std::cout << "Read 1 results\n";
  for (auto& row : spanner::StreamOf<RowType>(rows1)) {
    if (!row) throw std::move(row).status();
    std::cout << "SingerId: " << std::get<0>(*row)
              << " AlbumId: " << std::get<1>(*row)
              << " AlbumTitle: " << std::get<2>(*row) << "\n";
  }
  // Read#2. Even if changes occur in-between the reads the transaction ensures
  // that Read #1 and Read #2 return the same data.
  auto rows2 = client.ExecuteQuery(read_only, select);
  std::cout << "Read 2 results\n";
  for (auto& row : spanner::StreamOf<RowType>(rows2)) {
    if (!row) throw std::move(row).status();
    std::cout << "SingerId: " << std::get<0>(*row)
              << " AlbumId: " << std::get<1>(*row)
              << " AlbumTitle: " << std::get<2>(*row) << "\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.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Transactions;

public class QueryDataWithTransactionAsyncSample
{
    public class Album
    {
        public int SingerId { get; set; }
        public int AlbumId { get; set; }
        public string AlbumTitle { get; set; }
    }

    public async Task<List<Album>> QueryDataWithTransactionAsync(string projectId, string instanceId, string databaseId)
    {
        string connectionString = $"Data Source=projects/{projectId}/instances/{instanceId}/databases/{databaseId}";

        var albums = new List<Album>();
        using TransactionScope scope = new TransactionScope(TransactionScopeAsyncFlowOption.Enabled);
        using var connection = new SpannerConnection(connectionString);

        // Opens the connection so that the Spanner transaction included in the TransactionScope
        // is read-only TimestampBound.Strong.
        await connection.OpenAsync(SpannerTransactionCreationOptions.ReadOnly, options: null, cancellationToken: default);
        using var cmd = connection.CreateSelectCommand("SELECT SingerId, AlbumId, AlbumTitle FROM Albums");

        // Read #1.
        using (var reader = await cmd.ExecuteReaderAsync())
        {
            while (await reader.ReadAsync())
            {
                Console.WriteLine("SingerId : " + reader.GetFieldValue<string>("SingerId")
                    + " AlbumId : " + reader.GetFieldValue<string>("AlbumId")
                    + " AlbumTitle : " + reader.GetFieldValue<string>("AlbumTitle"));
            }
        }

        // Read #2. Even if changes occur in-between the reads,
        // the transaction ensures that Read #1 and Read #2
        // return the same data.
        using (var reader = await cmd.ExecuteReaderAsync())
        {
            while (await reader.ReadAsync())
            {
                albums.Add(new Album
                {
                    AlbumId = reader.GetFieldValue<int>("AlbumId"),
                    SingerId = reader.GetFieldValue<int>("SingerId"),
                    AlbumTitle = reader.GetFieldValue<string>("AlbumTitle")
                });
            }
        }
        scope.Complete();
        Console.WriteLine("Transaction complete.");
        return albums;
    }
}

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"
	"fmt"
	"io"

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

func readOnlyTransaction(w io.Writer, db string) error {
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := spanner.NewClient(ctx, db)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer client.Close()

	ro := client.ReadOnlyTransaction()
	defer ro.Close()
	stmt := spanner.Statement{SQL: `SELECT SingerId, AlbumId, AlbumTitle FROM Albums`}
	iter := ro.Query(ctx, stmt)
	defer iter.Stop()
	for {
		row, err := iter.Next()
		if err == iterator.Done {
			break
		}
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		var singerID int64
		var albumID int64
		var albumTitle string
		if err := row.Columns(&singerID, &albumID, &albumTitle); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d %d %s\n", singerID, albumID, albumTitle)
	}

	iter = ro.Read(ctx, "Albums", spanner.AllKeys(), []string{"SingerId", "AlbumId", "AlbumTitle"})
	defer iter.Stop()
	for {
		row, err := iter.Next()
		if err == iterator.Done {
			return nil
		}
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		var singerID int64
		var albumID int64
		var albumTitle string
		if err := row.Columns(&singerID, &albumID, &albumTitle); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d %d %s\n", singerID, albumID, albumTitle)
	}
}

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.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;

class ReadOnlyTransaction {
  static void readOnlyTransaction(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)) {
      // Set AutoCommit=false to enable transactions.
      connection.setAutoCommit(false);
      // This SQL statement instructs the JDBC driver to use
      // a read-only transaction.
      connection.createStatement().execute("set transaction read only");

      try (ResultSet resultSet =
          connection
              .createStatement()
              .executeQuery(
                  "SELECT singer_id, album_id, album_title "
                      + "FROM albums "
                      + "ORDER BY singer_id, album_id")) {
        while (resultSet.next()) {
          System.out.printf(
              "%d %d %s\n",
              resultSet.getLong("singer_id"),
              resultSet.getLong("album_id"),
              resultSet.getString("album_title"));
        }
      }
      try (ResultSet resultSet =
          connection
              .createStatement()
              .executeQuery(
                  "SELECT singer_id, album_id, album_title "
                      + "FROM albums "
                      + "ORDER BY album_title")) {
        while (resultSet.next()) {
          System.out.printf(
              "%d %d %s\n",
              resultSet.getLong("singer_id"),
              resultSet.getLong("album_id"),
              resultSet.getString("album_title"));
        }
      }
      // End the read-only transaction by calling commit().
      connection.commit();
    }
  }
}

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,
});
let database;
try {
  // Gets a reference to a Cloud Spanner instance and database
  const instance = spanner.instance(instanceId);
  database = instance.database(databaseId);

  // Gets a transaction object that captures the database state
  // at a specific point in time
  const [transaction] = await database.getSnapshot();

  try {
    const queryOne = 'SELECT SingerId, AlbumId, AlbumTitle FROM Albums';

    // Read #1, using SQL
    const [qOneRows] = await transaction.run(queryOne);

    qOneRows.forEach(row => {
      const json = row.toJSON();
      console.log(
        `SingerId: ${json.SingerId}, AlbumId: ${json.AlbumId}, AlbumTitle: ${json.AlbumTitle}`
      );
    });

    const queryTwo = {
      columns: ['SingerId', 'AlbumId', 'AlbumTitle'],
    };

    // Read #2, using the `read` method. Even if changes occur
    // in-between the reads, the transaction ensures that both
    // return the same data.
    const [qTwoRows] = await transaction.read('Albums', queryTwo);

    qTwoRows.forEach(row => {
      const json = row.toJSON();
      console.log(
        `SingerId: ${json.SingerId}, AlbumId: ${json.AlbumId}, AlbumTitle: ${json.AlbumTitle}`
      );
    });

    console.log('Successfully executed read-only transaction.');
  } finally {
    // Ensure the transaction is released
    transaction.end();
  }
} 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 readOnlyTransaction(host: string, port: number, database: string): Promise<void> {
  const connection = new Client({
    host: host,
    port: port,
    database: database,
  });
  await connection.connect();

  // Start a transaction.
  await connection.query("begin");
  // This SQL statement instructs the PGAdapter to make it a read-only transaction.
  await connection.query("set transaction read only");

  const albumsOrderById = await connection.query(
      "SELECT singer_id, album_id, album_title "
      + "FROM albums "
      + "ORDER BY singer_id, album_id");
  for (const row of albumsOrderById.rows) {
    console.log(`${row["singer_id"]} ${row["album_id"]} ${row["album_title"]}`);
  }
  const albumsOrderByTitle = await connection.query(
      "SELECT singer_id, album_id, album_title "
      + "FROM albums "
      + "ORDER BY album_title");
  for (const row of albumsOrderByTitle.rows) {
    console.log(`${row["singer_id"]} ${row["album_id"]} ${row["album_title"]}`);
  }
  // End the read-only transaction by executing commit.
  await connection.query("commit");

  // 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;

/**
 * Reads data inside of a read-only transaction.
 *
 * Within the read-only transaction, or "snapshot", the application sees
 * consistent view of the database at a particular timestamp.
 * Example:
 * ```
 * read_only_transaction($instanceId, $databaseId);
 * ```
 *
 * @param string $instanceId The Spanner instance ID.
 * @param string $databaseId The Spanner database ID.
 */
function read_only_transaction(string $instanceId, string $databaseId): void
{
    $spanner = new SpannerClient();
    $instance = $spanner->instance($instanceId);
    $database = $instance->database($databaseId);

    $snapshot = $database->snapshot();
    $results = $snapshot->execute(
        'SELECT SingerId, AlbumId, AlbumTitle FROM Albums'
    );
    print('Results from the first read:' . PHP_EOL);
    foreach ($results as $row) {
        printf('SingerId: %s, AlbumId: %s, AlbumTitle: %s' . PHP_EOL,
            $row['SingerId'], $row['AlbumId'], $row['AlbumTitle']);
    }

    // Perform another read using the `read` method. Even if the data
    // is updated in-between the reads, the snapshot ensures that both
    // return the same data.
    $keySet = $spanner->keySet(['all' => true]);
    $results = $database->read(
        'Albums',
        $keySet,
        ['SingerId', 'AlbumId', 'AlbumTitle']
    );

    print('Results from the second read:' . PHP_EOL);
    foreach ($results->rows() as $row) {
        printf('SingerId: %s, AlbumId: %s, AlbumTitle: %s' . PHP_EOL,
            $row['SingerId'], $row['AlbumId'], $row['AlbumTitle']);
    }
}

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 read_only_transaction(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):
        # Set autocommit=False to enable transactions.
        conn.autocommit = False

        with conn.cursor() as cur:
            # Change the current transaction to a read-only transaction.
            # This statement can only be executed at the start of a transaction.
            cur.execute("set transaction read only")

            # The following two queries use the same read-only transaction.
            cur.execute("select singer_id, album_id, album_title "
                        "from albums "
                        "order by singer_id, album_id")
            for album in cur:
                print(album)

            cur.execute("select singer_id, album_id, album_title "
                        "from albums "
                        "order by album_title")
            for album in cur:
                print(album)

        # Read-only transactions must also be committed or rolled back to mark
        # the end of the transaction. There is no semantic difference between
        # rolling back or committing a read-only transaction.
        conn.commit()

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

client.snapshot do |snapshot|
  snapshot.execute("SELECT SingerId, AlbumId, AlbumTitle FROM Albums").rows.each do |row|
    puts "#{row[:AlbumId]} #{row[:AlbumTitle]} #{row[:SingerId]}"
  end

  # Even if changes occur in-between the reads, the transaction ensures that
  # both return the same data.
  snapshot.read("Albums", [:AlbumId, :AlbumTitle, :SingerId]).rows.each do |row|
    puts "#{row[:AlbumId]} #{row[:AlbumTitle]} #{row[:SingerId]}"
  end
end

Rust

use google_cloud_spanner::client::DatabaseClient;
use google_cloud_spanner::key::KeySet;
use google_cloud_spanner::read::ReadRequest;
use google_cloud_spanner::statement::Statement;

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

    // 1. Execute a query using the read-only transaction
    let statement = Statement::builder("SELECT SingerId, AlbumId, AlbumTitle FROM Albums").build();
    let mut result_set = transaction.execute_query(statement).await?;
    println!("Results from query:");
    while let Some(row) = result_set.next().await.transpose()? {
        let singer_id: i64 = row.get(0);
        let album_id: i64 = row.get(1);
        let album_title: String = row.get(2);
        println!("{singer_id} {album_id} {album_title}");
    }

    // 2. Execute a read using the same read-only transaction
    let read_request = ReadRequest::builder("Albums", ["SingerId", "AlbumId", "AlbumTitle"])
        .with_keys(KeySet::all())
        .build();
    let mut result_set = transaction.execute_read(read_request).await?;
    println!("Results from read:");
    while let Some(row) = result_set.next().await.transpose()? {
        let singer_id: i64 = row.get(0);
        let album_id: i64 = row.get(1);
        let album_title: String = row.get(2);
        println!("{singer_id} {album_id} {album_title}");
    }

    Ok(())
}

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