Dataflow read with transaction

Use the Dataflow connector to read data from multiple tables at the same point in time to ensure data consistency by performing all of the reads in a single transaction.

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Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Spanner, see Spanner client libraries.

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SpannerConfig spannerConfig =
    SpannerConfig.create().withInstanceId(instanceId).withDatabaseId(databaseId);
PCollectionView<Transaction> tx =
    pipeline.apply(
        SpannerIO.createTransaction()
            .withSpannerConfig(spannerConfig)
            .withTimestampBound(TimestampBound.strong()));
PCollection<Struct> singers =
    pipeline.apply(
        SpannerIO.read()
            .withSpannerConfig(spannerConfig)
            .withQuery("SELECT SingerID, FirstName, LastName FROM Singers")
            .withTransaction(tx));
PCollection<Struct> albums =
    pipeline.apply(
        SpannerIO.read()
            .withSpannerConfig(spannerConfig)
            .withQuery("SELECT SingerId, AlbumId, AlbumTitle FROM Albums")
            .withTransaction(tx));

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