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google-big-queryHow do I use Google Big Query?


Google BigQuery is a data warehouse service that enables super-fast SQL queries against large datasets. To use BigQuery, you first need to set up a project in the Google Cloud Console.

Once you have a project, you can start running queries. Here's an example of a query that will count the number of records in a given table:

SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM `bigquery-public-data.samples.shakespeare`

This query will return the output:

Row COUNT
1   164656

The code consists of three parts:

  1. *SELECT COUNT()** - This is the command to count the number of records in the table.
  2. FROM - This specifies the table from which the records should be counted.
  3. bigquery-public-data.samples.shakespeare - This is the name of the table from which the records should be counted.

For more information about using BigQuery, see the BigQuery documentation.

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