Query a column-based time-partitioned table

Query a table that uses column-based time partitioning.

Code sample

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries. 

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

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

// queryPartitionedTable demonstrates querying a time partitioned table and using a predicate that
// leverages the partitioned column.
func queryPartitionedTable(w io.Writer, projectID, datasetID, tableID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// datasetID := "mydataset"
	// tableID := "mytable"
	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(fmt.Sprintf("SELECT * FROM `%s.%s` WHERE `date` BETWEEN DATE('1800-01-01') AND DATE('1899-12-31')", datasetID, tableID))
	// 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. For more information, see the BigQuery Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries. 

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.QueryParameterValue;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableResult;

// Sample to run query on partitioned table.
public class QueryPartitionedTable {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String datasetName = "MY_DATASET_NAME";
    String tableName = "MY_TABLE_NAME";
    String query =
        String.format(
            "SELECT * FROM `%s.%s` WHERE date BETWEEN @start_date AND @end_date",
            datasetName, tableName);
    queryPartitionedTable(query);
  }

  public static void queryPartitionedTable(String query) {
    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();

      QueryJobConfiguration queryConfig =
          QueryJobConfiguration.newBuilder(query)
              .addNamedParameter("start_date", QueryParameterValue.date("1800-01-01"))
              .addNamedParameter("end_date", QueryParameterValue.date("1899-12-31"))
              .build();

      TableResult results = bigquery.query(queryConfig);

      results
          .iterateAll()
          .forEach(row -> row.forEach(val -> System.out.printf("%s,", val.toString())));

      System.out.println("Query partitioned table performed successfully.");
    } catch (BigQueryException | InterruptedException e) {
      System.out.println("Query not performed \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}

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