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# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

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def client_query_legacy_sql() -> None:

# [START bigquery_query_legacy]

from google.cloud import bigquery

# Construct a BigQuery client object.

client = bigquery.Client()

query = (

"SELECT name FROM [bigquery-public-data:usa_names.usa_1910_2013] "

'WHERE state = "TX" '

"LIMIT 100"

)

# Set use_legacy_sql to True to use legacy SQL syntax.

job_config = bigquery.QueryJobConfig(use_legacy_sql=True)

# Start the query and waits for query job to complete, passing in the extra configuration.

results = client.query_and_wait(

query, job_config=job_config

) # Make an API request.

print("The query data:")

for row in results:

print(row)

# [END bigquery_query_legacy]

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