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Updates the schema of a Cloud Spanner database by
creating/altering/dropping tables, columns, indexes, etc. The returned
long-running operation will have a name of the format /operations/ and
can be used to track execution of the schema change(s). The metadata
field type is UpdateDatabaseDdlMetadata. The operation has no response.
This method waits—the workflow execution is paused—until the operation is
complete, fails, or times out. The default timeout value is 1800 seconds (30
minutes) and can be changed to a maximum value of 31536000 seconds (one year)
for long-running operations using the connector_params field.
The connector uses polling to monitor the long-running operation, which might
generate additional billable steps. The polling policy for the long-running
operation can be configured. For example, if you set skip_polling to True,
the connector invocation call is non-blocking if the initial request succeeds;
otherwise, retries might occur.
For more information about connector-specific parameters (connector_params),
see Invoke a connector call.
For more information about retries and long-running operations, see
Understand connectors.
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