package clickhouse_api import ( "context" "fmt" "github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-go/v2" ) func VariantExample() error { ctx := context.Background() conn, err := GetNativeConnection(clickhouse.Settings{ "allow_experimental_variant_type": true, "allow_suspicious_variant_types": true, }, nil, nil) if err != nil { return err } if !CheckMinServerVersion(conn, 24, 4, 0) { fmt.Print("unsupported clickhouse version for Variant type") return nil } err = conn.Exec(ctx, "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS go_variant_example") if err != nil { return err } err = conn.Exec(ctx, ` CREATE TABLE go_variant_example ( c Variant(Bool, Int64, String) ) ENGINE = Memory `) if err != nil { return err } batch, err := conn.PrepareBatch(ctx, "INSERT INTO go_variant_example (c)") if err != nil { return err } if err = batch.Append(true); err != nil { return err } if err = batch.Append(int64(42)); err != nil { return err } if err = batch.Append("example"); err != nil { return err } if err = batch.Append(clickhouse.NewVariant("example variant")); err != nil { return err } if err = batch.Append(clickhouse.NewVariantWithType("example variant with specific type", "String")); err != nil { return err } if err = batch.Append(nil); err != nil { return err } if err = batch.Send(); err != nil { return err } // Switch on Go Type rows, err := conn.Query(ctx, "SELECT c FROM go_variant_example") if err != nil { return err } for i := 0; rows.Next(); i++ { var row clickhouse.Variant err := rows.Scan(&row) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed to scan row index %d: %w", i, err) } switch row.Any().(type) { case bool: fmt.Printf("row at index %d is Bool: %v\n", i, row.Any()) case int64: fmt.Printf("row at index %d is Int64: %v\n", i, row.Any()) case string: fmt.Printf("row at index %d is String: %v\n", i, row.Any()) case nil: fmt.Printf("row at index %d is NULL\n", i) } } // Switch on ClickHouse Type rows, err = conn.Query(ctx, "SELECT c FROM go_variant_example") if err != nil { return err } for i := 0; rows.Next(); i++ { var row clickhouse.Variant err := rows.Scan(&row) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed to scan row index %d: %w", i, err) } switch row.Type() { case "Bool": fmt.Printf("row at index %d is bool: %v\n", i, row.Any()) case "Int64": fmt.Printf("row at index %d is int64: %v\n", i, row.Any()) case "String": fmt.Printf("row at index %d is string: %v\n", i, row.Any()) case "": fmt.Printf("row at index %d is nil\n", i) } } return nil }