What is @types/snowflake-sdk?
The @types/snowflake-sdk package provides TypeScript type definitions for the Snowflake SDK, which allows you to interact with Snowflake, a cloud-based data warehousing service. This package helps developers write TypeScript code that interacts with Snowflake by providing type safety and autocompletion features.
What are @types/snowflake-sdk's main functionalities?
Connecting to Snowflake
This feature allows you to establish a connection to a Snowflake data warehouse using the provided account credentials.
const snowflake = require('snowflake-sdk');
const connection = snowflake.createConnection({
account: 'your_account',
username: 'your_username',
password: 'your_password'
});
connection.connect((err, conn) => {
if (err) {
console.error('Unable to connect: ' + err.message);
} else {
console.log('Successfully connected to Snowflake.');
}
});
Executing Queries
This feature allows you to execute SQL queries against your Snowflake data warehouse and handle the results.
connection.execute({
sqlText: 'SELECT * FROM your_table',
complete: (err, stmt, rows) => {
if (err) {
console.error('Failed to execute statement due to the following error: ' + err.message);
} else {
console.log('Number of rows produced: ' + rows.length);
console.log(rows);
}
}
});
Handling Multiple Statements
This feature allows you to execute multiple SQL statements in a single call, such as transactions.
connection.execute({
sqlText: 'BEGIN TRANSACTION; INSERT INTO your_table VALUES (1, 'test'); COMMIT;',
complete: (err, stmt, rows) => {
if (err) {
console.error('Failed to execute statement due to the following error: ' + err.message);
} else {
console.log('Transaction completed successfully.');
}
}
});
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