BigQuery·BigQuery essentials

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Load files or stream rows into tables.

Intermediate 10 min read Lesson 4 of 150 Challenge included
What you will be able to do
  • Use the bq load command.
  • Prefer batch loads.
  • Validate schemas.

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Load files or stream rows into tables.

  • Use the bq load command.
  • Prefer batch loads.
  • Validate schemas.
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bq load --source_format=CSV analytics.lessons gs://bucket/lessons.csv course:STRING,minutes:INTEGER
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