Create database with a property graph

Create a database using a property graph.

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C++

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  void 
  
 CreateDatabaseWithPropertyGraph 
 ( 
  
 google 
 :: 
 cloud 
 :: 
 spanner_admin 
 :: 
 DatabaseAdminClient 
  
 client 
 , 
  
 std 
 :: 
 string 
  
 const 
&  
 project_id 
 , 
  
 std 
 :: 
 string 
  
 const 
&  
 instance_id 
 , 
  
 std 
 :: 
 string 
  
 const 
&  
 database_id 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 google 
 :: 
 cloud 
 :: 
 spanner 
 :: 
 Database 
  
 database 
 ( 
 project_id 
 , 
  
 instance_id 
 , 
  
 database_id 
 ); 
  
 google 
 :: 
 spanner 
 :: 
 admin 
 :: 
 database 
 :: 
 v1 
 :: 
 CreateDatabaseRequest 
  
 request 
 ; 
  
 request 
 . 
 set_parent 
 ( 
 database 
 . 
 instance 
 (). 
 FullName 
 ()); 
  
 request 
 . 
 set_create_statement 
 ( 
 "CREATE DATABASE `" 
  
 + 
  
 database 
 . 
 database_id 
 () 
  
 + 
  
 "`" 
 ); 
  
 request 
 . 
 add_extra_statements 
 ( 
 R 
 " 
 ""( 
 CREATE TABLE Person ( 
 id               INT64 NOT NULL, 
 name             STRING(MAX), 
 birthday         TIMESTAMP, 
 country          STRING(MAX), 
 city             STRING(MAX), 
 ) PRIMARY KEY (id) 
 )"" 
 " 
 ); 
  
 request 
 . 
 add_extra_statements 
 ( 
 R 
 " 
 ""( 
 CREATE TABLE Account ( 
 id               INT64 NOT NULL, 
 create_time      TIMESTAMP, 
 is_blocked       BOOL, 
 nick_name        STRING(MAX), 
 ) PRIMARY KEY (id) 
 )"" 
 " 
 ); 
  
 request 
 . 
 add_extra_statements 
 ( 
 R 
 " 
 ""( 
 CREATE TABLE PersonOwnAccount ( 
 id               INT64 NOT NULL, 
 account_id       INT64 NOT NULL, 
 create_time      TIMESTAMP, 
 FOREIGN KEY (account_id) 
 REFERENCES Account (id) 
 ) PRIMARY KEY (id, account_id), 
 INTERLEAVE IN PARENT Person ON DELETE CASCADE 
 )"" 
 " 
 ); 
  
 request 
 . 
 add_extra_statements 
 ( 
 R 
 " 
 ""( 
 CREATE TABLE AccountTransferAccount ( 
 id               INT64 NOT NULL, 
 to_id            INT64 NOT NULL, 
 amount           FLOAT64, 
 create_time      TIMESTAMP NOT NULL, 
 order_number     STRING(MAX), 
 FOREIGN KEY (to_id) REFERENCES Account (id) 
 ) PRIMARY KEY (id, to_id, create_time), 
 INTERLEAVE IN PARENT Account ON DELETE CASCADE 
 )"" 
 " 
 ); 
  
 request 
 . 
 add_extra_statements 
 ( 
 R 
 " 
 ""( 
 CREATE OR REPLACE PROPERTY GRAPH FinGraph 
 NODE TABLES (Account, Person) 
 EDGE TABLES ( 
 PersonOwnAccount 
 SOURCE KEY(id) REFERENCES Person(id) 
 DESTINATION KEY(account_id) REFERENCES Account(id) 
 LABEL Owns, 
 AccountTransferAccount 
 SOURCE KEY(id) REFERENCES Account(id) 
 DESTINATION KEY(to_id) REFERENCES Account(id) 
 LABEL Transfers) 
 )"" 
 " 
 ); 
  
 auto 
  
 db 
  
 = 
  
 client 
 . 
 CreateDatabase 
 ( 
 request 
 ). 
 get 
 (); 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 ! 
 db 
 ) 
  
 throw 
  
 std 
 :: 
 move 
 ( 
 db 
 ). 
 status 
 (); 
  
 std 
 :: 
 cout 
 << 
 "Database " 
 << 
 db 
 - 
> name 
 () 
 << 
 " created with property graph. 
 \n 
 " 
 ; 
 } 
 

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" 
  
 "regexp" 
  
 database 
  
 "cloud.google.com/go/spanner/admin/database/apiv1" 
  
 adminpb 
  
 "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/spanner/admin/database/v1" 
 ) 
 func 
  
 createDatabaseWithPropertyGraph 
 ( 
 ctx 
  
 context 
 . 
 Context 
 , 
  
 w 
  
 io 
 . 
 Writer 
 , 
  
 dbId 
  
 string 
 ) 
  
 error 
  
 { 
  
 // dbId is of the form: 
  
 // 	projects/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE_ID/databases/YOUR_DATABASE_NAME 
  
 matches 
  
 := 
  
 regexp 
 . 
 MustCompile 
 ( 
 "^(.*)/databases/(.*)$" 
 ). 
 FindStringSubmatch 
 ( 
 dbId 
 ) 
  
 if 
  
 matches 
  
 == 
  
 nil 
  
 || 
  
 len 
 ( 
 matches 
 ) 
  
 != 
  
 3 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Errorf 
 ( 
 "Invalid database id %s" 
 , 
  
 dbId 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 adminClient 
 , 
  
 err 
  
 := 
  
 database 
 . 
 NewDatabaseAdminClient 
 ( 
 ctx 
 ) 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 err 
  
 } 
  
 defer 
  
 adminClient 
 . 
  Close 
 
 () 
  
 var 
  
 instance 
  
 = 
  
 matches 
 [ 
 1 
 ] 
  
 var 
  
 dbName 
  
 = 
  
 matches 
 [ 
 2 
 ] 
  
 // The schema defintion for a database with a property graph comprises table 
  
 // definitions one or more `CREATE PROPERTY GRAPH` statements to define the 
  
 // property graph(s). 
  
 // 
  
 // Here, tables are created for 'Person's and 'Account's. The property graph 
  
 // definition says that these entities form nodes in the graph. Similarly, 
  
 // there are 'PersonOwnAccount' and 'AccountTransferAccount' relationship 
  
 // tables defined. The property graph definition maps these to edges in the graph. 
  
 var 
  
 schema_statements 
  
 = 
  
 [] 
 string 
 { 
  
 `CREATE TABLE Person ( 
 id               INT64 NOT NULL, 
 name             STRING(MAX), 
 birthday         TIMESTAMP, 
 country          STRING(MAX), 
 city             STRING(MAX), 
 ) PRIMARY KEY (id)` 
 , 
  
 `CREATE TABLE Account ( 
 id               INT64 NOT NULL, 
 create_time      TIMESTAMP, 
 is_blocked       BOOL, 
 nick_name        STRING(MAX), 
 ) PRIMARY KEY (id)` 
 , 
  
 `CREATE TABLE PersonOwnAccount ( 
 id               INT64 NOT NULL, 
 account_id       INT64 NOT NULL, 
 create_time      TIMESTAMP, 
 FOREIGN KEY (account_id) 
 REFERENCES Account (id) 
 ) PRIMARY KEY (id, account_id), 
 INTERLEAVE IN PARENT Person ON DELETE CASCADE` 
 , 
  
 `CREATE TABLE AccountTransferAccount ( 
 id               INT64 NOT NULL, 
 to_id            INT64 NOT NULL, 
 amount           FLOAT64, 
 create_time      TIMESTAMP NOT NULL, 
 order_number     STRING(MAX), 
 FOREIGN KEY (to_id) REFERENCES Account (id) 
 ) PRIMARY KEY (id, to_id, create_time), 
 INTERLEAVE IN PARENT Account ON DELETE CASCADE` 
 , 
  
 `CREATE OR REPLACE PROPERTY GRAPH FinGraph 
 NODE TABLES (Account, Person) 
 EDGE TABLES ( 
 PersonOwnAccount 
 SOURCE KEY(id) REFERENCES Person(id) 
 DESTINATION KEY(account_id) REFERENCES Account(id) 
 LABEL Owns, 
 AccountTransferAccount 
 SOURCE KEY(id) REFERENCES Account(id) 
 DESTINATION KEY(to_id) REFERENCES Account(id) 
 LABEL Transfers)` 
 , 
  
 } 
  
 op 
 , 
  
 err 
  
 := 
  
 adminClient 
 . 
 CreateDatabase 
 ( 
 ctx 
 , 
  
& adminpb 
 . 
  CreateDatabaseRequest 
 
 { 
  
 Parent 
 : 
  
 instance 
 , 
  
 CreateStatement 
 : 
  
 "CREATE DATABASE `" 
  
 + 
  
 dbName 
  
 + 
  
 "`" 
 , 
  
 ExtraStatements 
 : 
  
 schema_statements 
 , 
  
 }) 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 err 
  
 } 
  
 if 
  
 _ 
 , 
  
 err 
  
 := 
  
 op 
 . 
 Wait 
 ( 
 ctx 
 ); 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 err 
  
 } 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Fprintf 
 ( 
 w 
 , 
  
 "Created database [%s]\n" 
 , 
  
 dbId 
 ) 
  
 return 
  
 nil 
 } 
 

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 .

  static 
  
 void 
  
 createDatabaseWithPropertyGraph 
 ( 
  
 DatabaseAdminClient 
  
 dbAdminClient 
 , 
  
 InstanceName 
  
 instanceName 
 , 
  
 String 
  
 databaseId 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 CreateDatabaseRequest 
  
 createDatabaseRequest 
  
 = 
  
 CreateDatabaseRequest 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
 setCreateStatement 
 ( 
 "CREATE DATABASE `" 
  
 + 
  
 databaseId 
  
 + 
  
 "`" 
 ) 
  
 . 
 setParent 
 ( 
 instanceName 
 . 
 toString 
 ()) 
  
 . 
 addAllExtraStatements 
 ( 
  
 Arrays 
 . 
 asList 
 ( 
  
 "CREATE TABLE Person (" 
  
 + 
  
 "  id               INT64 NOT NULL," 
  
 + 
  
 "  name             STRING(MAX)," 
  
 + 
  
 "  birthday         TIMESTAMP," 
  
 + 
  
 "  country          STRING(MAX)," 
  
 + 
  
 "  city             STRING(MAX)," 
  
 + 
  
 ") PRIMARY KEY (id)" 
 , 
  
 "CREATE TABLE Account (" 
  
 + 
  
 "  id               INT64 NOT NULL," 
  
 + 
  
 "  create_time      TIMESTAMP," 
  
 + 
  
 "  is_blocked       BOOL," 
  
 + 
  
 "  nick_name        STRING(MAX)," 
  
 + 
  
 ") PRIMARY KEY (id)" 
 , 
  
 "CREATE TABLE PersonOwnAccount (" 
  
 + 
  
 "  id               INT64 NOT NULL," 
  
 + 
  
 "  account_id       INT64 NOT NULL," 
  
 + 
  
 "  create_time      TIMESTAMP," 
  
 + 
  
 "  FOREIGN KEY (account_id)" 
  
 + 
  
 "  REFERENCES Account (id)" 
  
 + 
  
 ") PRIMARY KEY (id, account_id)," 
  
 + 
  
 "INTERLEAVE IN PARENT Person ON DELETE CASCADE" 
 , 
  
 "CREATE TABLE AccountTransferAccount (" 
  
 + 
  
 "  id               INT64 NOT NULL," 
  
 + 
  
 "  to_id            INT64 NOT NULL," 
  
 + 
  
 "  amount           FLOAT64," 
  
 + 
  
 "  create_time      TIMESTAMP NOT NULL," 
  
 + 
  
 "  order_number     STRING(MAX)," 
  
 + 
  
 "  FOREIGN KEY (to_id) REFERENCES Account (id)" 
  
 + 
  
 ") PRIMARY KEY (id, to_id, create_time)," 
  
 + 
  
 "INTERLEAVE IN PARENT Account ON DELETE CASCADE" 
 , 
  
 "CREATE OR REPLACE PROPERTY GRAPH FinGraph " 
  
 + 
  
 "NODE TABLES (Account, Person)" 
  
 + 
  
 "EDGE TABLES (" 
  
 + 
  
 "  PersonOwnAccount" 
  
 + 
  
 "    SOURCE KEY(id) REFERENCES Person(id)" 
  
 + 
  
 "    DESTINATION KEY(account_id) REFERENCES Account(id)" 
  
 + 
  
 "    LABEL Owns," 
  
 + 
  
 "  AccountTransferAccount" 
  
 + 
  
 "    SOURCE KEY(id) REFERENCES Account(id)" 
  
 + 
  
 "    DESTINATION KEY(to_id) REFERENCES Account(id)" 
  
 + 
  
 "    LABEL Transfers)" 
 )) 
  
 . 
 build 
 (); 
  
 try 
  
 { 
  
 // Initiate the request which returns an OperationFuture. 
  
 com 
 . 
 google 
 . 
 spanner 
 . 
 admin 
 . 
 database 
 . 
 v1 
 . 
 Database 
  
 db 
  
 = 
  
 dbAdminClient 
 . 
 createDatabaseAsync 
 ( 
 createDatabaseRequest 
 ). 
 get 
 (); 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 println 
 ( 
 "Created database [" 
  
 + 
  
 db 
 . 
 getName 
 () 
  
 + 
  
 "]" 
 ); 
  
 } 
  
 catch 
  
 ( 
 ExecutionException 
  
 e 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 // If the operation failed during execution, expose the cause. 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 println 
 ( 
 "Encountered exception" 
  
 + 
  
 e 
 . 
 getCause 
 ()); 
  
 throw 
  
 ( 
 SpannerException 
 ) 
  
 e 
 . 
 getCause 
 (); 
  
 } 
  
 catch 
  
 ( 
 InterruptedException 
  
 e 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 // Throw when a thread is waiting, sleeping, or otherwise occupied, 
  
 // and the thread is interrupted, either before or during the activity. 
  
 throw 
  
 SpannerExceptionFactory 
 . 
 propagateInterrupt 
 ( 
 e 
 ); 
  
 } 
 } 
 

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 .

  def 
  
 create_database_with_property_graph 
 ( 
 instance_id 
 , 
 database_id 
 ): 
  
 """Creates a database, tables and a property graph for sample data.""" 
 from 
  
 google.cloud.spanner_admin_database_v1.types 
  
 import 
 spanner_database_admin 
 spanner_client 
 = 
 spanner 
 . 
 Client 
 () 
 database_admin_api 
 = 
 spanner_client 
 . 
 database_admin_api 
 request 
 = 
 spanner_database_admin 
 . 
 CreateDatabaseRequest 
 ( 
 parent 
 = 
 database_admin_api 
 . 
 instance_path 
 ( 
 spanner_client 
 . 
 project 
 , 
 instance_id 
 ), 
 create_statement 
 = 
 f 
 "CREATE DATABASE ` 
 { 
 database_id 
 } 
 `" 
 , 
 extra_statements 
 = 
 [ 
  
 """CREATE TABLE Person ( 
 id               INT64 NOT NULL, 
 name             STRING(MAX), 
 birthday         TIMESTAMP, 
 country          STRING(MAX), 
 city             STRING(MAX), 
 ) PRIMARY KEY (id)""" 
 , 
  
 """CREATE TABLE Account ( 
 id               INT64 NOT NULL, 
 create_time      TIMESTAMP, 
 is_blocked       BOOL, 
 nick_name        STRING(MAX), 
 ) PRIMARY KEY (id)""" 
 , 
  
 """CREATE TABLE PersonOwnAccount ( 
 id               INT64 NOT NULL, 
 account_id       INT64 NOT NULL, 
 create_time      TIMESTAMP, 
 FOREIGN KEY (account_id) 
 REFERENCES Account (id) 
 ) PRIMARY KEY (id, account_id), 
 INTERLEAVE IN PARENT Person ON DELETE CASCADE""" 
 , 
  
 """CREATE TABLE AccountTransferAccount ( 
 id               INT64 NOT NULL, 
 to_id            INT64 NOT NULL, 
 amount           FLOAT64, 
 create_time      TIMESTAMP NOT NULL, 
 order_number     STRING(MAX), 
 FOREIGN KEY (to_id) REFERENCES Account (id) 
 ) PRIMARY KEY (id, to_id, create_time), 
 INTERLEAVE IN PARENT Account ON DELETE CASCADE""" 
 , 
  
 """CREATE OR REPLACE PROPERTY GRAPH FinGraph 
 NODE TABLES (Account, Person) 
 EDGE TABLES ( 
 PersonOwnAccount 
 SOURCE KEY(id) REFERENCES Person(id) 
 DESTINATION KEY(account_id) REFERENCES Account(id) 
 LABEL Owns, 
 AccountTransferAccount 
 SOURCE KEY(id) REFERENCES Account(id) 
 DESTINATION KEY(to_id) REFERENCES Account(id) 
 LABEL Transfers)""" 
 , 
 ], 
 ) 
 operation 
 = 
 database_admin_api 
 . 
 create_database 
 ( 
 request 
 = 
 request 
 ) 
 print 
 ( 
 "Waiting for operation to complete..." 
 ) 
 database 
 = 
 operation 
 . 
 result 
 ( 
 OPERATION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS 
 ) 
 print 
 ( 
 "Created database 
 {} 
 on instance 
 {} 
 " 
 . 
 format 
 ( 
 database 
 . 
 name 
 , 
 database_admin_api 
 . 
 instance_path 
 ( 
 spanner_client 
 . 
 project 
 , 
 instance_id 
 ), 
 ) 
 ) 
 

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