NAME

gcloud spanner databases execute-sql - executes a SQL query against a Cloud Spanner database

SYNOPSIS

gcloud spanner databases execute-sql (DATABASE : --instance=INSTANCE) --sql=SQL [--enable-partitioned-dml] [--query-mode=QUERY_MODE; default="NORMAL"] [--timeout=TIMEOUT; default="10m"] [--read-timestamp=TIMESTAMP | --strong] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION

Executes a SQL query against a Cloud Spanner database.

EXAMPLES

To execute a SQL SELECT statement against example-database under example-instance, run:

$ gcloud spanner databases execute-sql example-database \ --instance=example-instance \ --sql='SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE MyKey = 1'

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Database resource - The Cloud Spanner database to execute the SQL query

against. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways. To set the project attribute:

provide the argument database on the command line with a fully specified name;

provide the argument --project on the command line;

set the property core/project.

This must be specified.

DATABASE

ID of the database or fully qualified identifier for the database. To set the database attribute:

  • provide the argument database on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--instance=INSTANCE

The Cloud Spanner instance for the database. To set the instance attribute:

  • provide the argument database on the command line with a fully specified name;

  • provide the argument --instance on the command line;

  • set the property spanner/instance.

REQUIRED FLAGS

--sql=SQL

The SQL query to issue to the database. Cloud Spanner SQL is described at https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/query-syntax

OPTIONAL FLAGS

--enable-partitioned-dml

Execute DML statement using Partitioned DML

--query-mode=QUERY_MODE; default="NORMAL"

Mode in which the query must be processed. QUERY_MODE must be one of:

NORMAL

Returns only the query result, without any information about the query plan.

PLAN

Returns only the query plan, without any result rows or execution statistics information.

PROFILE

Returns both the query plan and the execution statistics along with the result rows.

--timeout=TIMEOUT; default="10m"

Maximum time to wait for the SQL query to complete. See $ gcloud topic datetimes for information on duration formats.

Read-only query timestamp bound. The default is --strong. See

https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/timestamp-bounds.

At most one of these can be specified:

--read-timestamp=TIMESTAMP

Perform a query at the given timestamp.

--strong

Perform a strong query.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

NOTES

These variants are also available:

$ gcloud alpha spanner databases execute-sql

$ gcloud beta spanner databases execute-sql