Upload file to shared drive folder (overwrite if exists)

Uploads a local file to a folder in a shared drive (or to My Drive if DriveId is left blank). Supply the source file path (DiskFilePath), target file name, and parent folder ID. You can choose to overwrite existing files or fail if the file exists.

Standard SQL query example

This is the base query accepted by the connector. To execute it in SQL Server, you have to pass it to the Data Gateway via a Linked Server. See how to accomplish this using the examples below.

SELECT *
FROM upload_file_overwrite
WITH(
	DriveId='',
	DiskFilePath='C:\temp\dump.csv',
	FileName='dump.csv',
	ParentFolderId='root'
	--, FileOverwriteMode='AlwaysOverwrite'
	--, FileOverwriteMode='FailIfExists'
)

Using OPENQUERY in SQL Server

SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([LS_TO_GOOGLE_DRIVE_IN_GATEWAY], 'SELECT *
FROM upload_file_overwrite
WITH(
	DriveId='''',
	DiskFilePath=''C:\temp\dump.csv'',
	FileName=''dump.csv'',
	ParentFolderId=''root''
	--, FileOverwriteMode=''AlwaysOverwrite''
	--, FileOverwriteMode=''FailIfExists''
)')

Using EXEC in SQL Server (handling larger SQL text)

The major drawback of OPENQUERY is its inability to incorporate variables within SQL statements. This often leads to the use of cumbersome dynamic SQL (with numerous ticks and escape characters).

Fortunately, starting with SQL 2005 and onwards, you can utilize the EXEC (your_sql) AT [LS_TO_GOOGLE_DRIVE_IN_GATEWAY] syntax.

DECLARE @MyQuery NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'SELECT *
FROM upload_file_overwrite
WITH(
	DriveId='''',
	DiskFilePath=''C:\temp\dump.csv'',
	FileName=''dump.csv'',
	ParentFolderId=''root''
	--, FileOverwriteMode=''AlwaysOverwrite''
	--, FileOverwriteMode=''FailIfExists''
)'
EXEC (@MyQuery) AT [LS_TO_GOOGLE_DRIVE_IN_GATEWAY]