I write a C++ application via Visual Studio 2008 + ADO(not ADO.net). Which will do the following tasks one by one:
Create a table in SQL Server database, as follows:
CREATE TABLE MyTable
(
[S] bigint,
[L] bigint,
[T] tinyint,
[I1] int,
[I2] smallint,
[P] bigint,
[PP] bigint,
[NP] bigint,
[D] bit,
[U] bit
);
Insert 5,030,242 records via BULK INSERT
Create an index on the table:
CREATE Index [MyIndex] ON MyTable ([P]);
Start a function which will lookup for 65,000,000 times. Each lookup using the following query:
SELECT [S], [L]
FROM MyTable
WHERE [P] = ?
Each time the query will either return nothing, or return one row. If getting one row with the [S] and [L], I will convert [S] to a file pointer and then read data from offset specified by [L].
Step 4 takes a lot of time. So I try to profile it and find out the lookup query takes the most of the time. Each lookup will take about 0.01458 second.
I try to improve the performance by doing the following tasks:
Use parametered ADO query. See step 4
Select only the required columns. Originally I use "Select *" for step 4, now I use Select [S], [L] instead. This improves performance by about 1.5%.
Tried both clustered and non-clustered index for [P]. It seems that using non-clustered index will be a little better.
Are there any other spaces to improve the lookup performance?
Note: [P] is unique in the table.
Thank you very much.
You need to batch the work and perform one query that returns many rows, instead of many queries each returning only one row (and incurring a separate round-trip to the database).
The way to do it in SQL Server is to rewrite the query to use a table-valued parameter (TVP), and pass all the search criteria (denoted as ? in your question) together in one go.
First we need to declare the type that the TVP will use:
CREATE TYPE MyTableSearch AS TABLE (
P bigint NOT NULL
);
And then the new query will be pretty simple:
SELECT
S,
L
FROM
#input I
JOIN MyTable
ON I.P = MyTable.P;
The main complication is on the client side, in how to bind the TVP to the query. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with ADO - for what its worth, this is how it would be done under ADO.NET and C#:
static IEnumerable<(long S, long L)> Find(
SqlConnection conn,
SqlTransaction tran,
IEnumerable<long> input
) {
const string sql = #"
SELECT
S,
L
FROM
#input I
JOIN MyTable
ON I.P = MyTable.P
";
using (var cmd = new SqlCommand(sql, conn, tran)) {
var record = new SqlDataRecord(new SqlMetaData("P", SqlDbType.BigInt));
var param = new SqlParameter("input", SqlDbType.Structured) {
Direction = ParameterDirection.Input,
TypeName = "MyTableSearch",
Value = input.Select(
p => {
record.SetValue(0, p);
return record;
}
)
};
cmd.Parameters.Add(param);
using (var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader())
while (reader.Read())
yield return (reader.GetInt64(0), reader.GetInt64(1));
}
}
Note that we reuse the same SqlDataRecord for all input rows, which minimizes allocations. This is documented behavior, and it works because ADO.NET streams TVPs.
Note: [P] is unique in the table.
Then you should make the index on P unique too - for correctness and to avoid wasting space on the uniquifier.
How do I, reliably, check in SQLite, whether a particular user table exists?
I am not asking for unreliable ways like checking if a "select *" on the table returned an error or not (is this even a good idea?).
The reason is like this:
In my program, I need to create and then populate some tables if they do not exist already.
If they do already exist, I need to update some tables.
Should I take some other path instead to signal that the tables in question have already been created - say for example, by creating/putting/setting a certain flag in my program initialization/settings file on disk or something?
Or does my approach make sense?
I missed that FAQ entry.
Anyway, for future reference, the complete query is:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='{table_name}';
Where {table_name} is the name of the table to check.
Documentation section for reference: Database File Format. 2.6. Storage Of The SQL Database Schema
This will return a list of tables with the name specified; that is, the cursor will have a count of 0 (does not exist) or a count of 1 (does exist)
If you're using SQLite version 3.3+ you can easily create a table with:
create table if not exists TableName (col1 typ1, ..., colN typN)
In the same way, you can remove a table only if it exists by using:
drop table if exists TableName
A variation would be to use SELECT COUNT(*) instead of SELECT NAME, i.e.
SELECT count(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='table_name';
This will return 0, if the table doesn't exist, 1 if it does. This is probably useful in your programming since a numerical result is quicker / easier to process. The following illustrates how you would do this in Android using SQLiteDatabase, Cursor, rawQuery with parameters.
boolean tableExists(SQLiteDatabase db, String tableName)
{
if (tableName == null || db == null || !db.isOpen())
{
return false;
}
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(
"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = ? AND name = ?",
new String[] {"table", tableName}
);
if (!cursor.moveToFirst())
{
cursor.close();
return false;
}
int count = cursor.getInt(0);
cursor.close();
return count > 0;
}
You could try:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE name='table_name'
See (7) How do I list all tables/indices contained in an SQLite database in the SQLite FAQ:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master
WHERE type='table'
ORDER BY name;
Use:
PRAGMA table_info(your_table_name)
If the resulting table is empty then your_table_name doesn't exist.
Documentation:
PRAGMA schema.table_info(table-name);
This pragma returns one row for each column in the named table. Columns in the result set include the column name, data type, whether or not the column can be NULL, and the default value for the column. The "pk" column in the result set is zero for columns that are not part of the primary key, and is the index of the column in the primary key for columns that are part of the primary key.
The table named in the table_info pragma can also be a view.
Example output:
cid|name|type|notnull|dflt_value|pk
0|id|INTEGER|0||1
1|json|JSON|0||0
2|name|TEXT|0||0
SQLite table names are case insensitive, but comparison is case sensitive by default. To make this work properly in all cases you need to add COLLATE NOCASE.
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='table_name' COLLATE NOCASE
If you are getting a "table already exists" error, make changes in the SQL string as below:
CREATE table IF NOT EXISTS table_name (para1,para2);
This way you can avoid the exceptions.
If you're using fmdb, I think you can just import FMDatabaseAdditions and use the bool function:
[yourfmdbDatabase tableExists:tableName].
The following code returns 1 if the table exists or 0 if the table does not exist.
SELECT CASE WHEN tbl_name = "name" THEN 1 ELSE 0 END FROM sqlite_master WHERE tbl_name = "name" AND type = "table"
Note that to check whether a table exists in the TEMP database, you must use sqlite_temp_master instead of sqlite_master:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_temp_master WHERE type='table' AND name='table_name';
Here's the function that I used:
Given an SQLDatabase Object = db
public boolean exists(String table) {
try {
db.query("SELECT * FROM " + table);
return true;
} catch (SQLException e) {
return false;
}
}
Use this code:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='yourTableName';
If the returned array count is equal to 1 it means the table exists. Otherwise it does not exist.
class CPhoenixDatabase():
def __init__(self, dbname):
self.dbname = dbname
self.conn = sqlite3.connect(dbname)
def is_table(self, table_name):
""" This method seems to be working now"""
query = "SELECT name from sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='{" + table_name + "}';"
cursor = self.conn.execute(query)
result = cursor.fetchone()
if result == None:
return False
else:
return True
Note: This is working now on my Mac with Python 3.7.1
You can write the following query to check the table existance.
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE name='table_name'
Here 'table_name' is your table name what you created. For example
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS country(country_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, country_code TEXT, country_name TEXT)"
and check
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE name='country'
Use
SELECT 1 FROM table LIMIT 1;
to prevent all records from being read.
Using a simple SELECT query is - in my opinion - quite reliable. Most of all it can check table existence in many different database types (SQLite / MySQL).
SELECT 1 FROM table;
It makes sense when you can use other reliable mechanism for determining if the query succeeded (for example, you query a database via QSqlQuery in Qt).
The most reliable way I have found in C# right now, using the latest sqlite-net-pcl nuget package (1.5.231) which is using SQLite 3, is as follows:
var result = database.GetTableInfo(tableName);
if ((result == null) || (result.Count == 0))
{
database.CreateTable<T>(CreateFlags.AllImplicit);
}
The function dbExistsTable() from R DBI package simplifies this problem for R programmers. See the example below:
library(DBI)
con <- dbConnect(RSQLite::SQLite(), ":memory:")
# let us check if table iris exists in the database
dbExistsTable(con, "iris")
### returns FALSE
# now let us create the table iris below,
dbCreateTable(con, "iris", iris)
# Again let us check if the table iris exists in the database,
dbExistsTable(con, "iris")
### returns TRUE
I thought I'd put my 2 cents to this discussion, even if it's rather old one..
This query returns scalar 1 if the table exists and 0 otherwise.
select
case when exists
(select 1 from sqlite_master WHERE type='table' and name = 'your_table')
then 1
else 0
end as TableExists
My preferred approach:
SELECT "name" FROM pragma_table_info("table_name") LIMIT 1;
If you get a row result, the table exists. This is better (for me) then checking with sqlite_master, as it will also check attached and temp databases.
This is my code for SQLite Cordova:
get_columnNames('LastUpdate', function (data) {
if (data.length > 0) { // In data you also have columnNames
console.log("Table full");
}
else {
console.log("Table empty");
}
});
And the other one:
function get_columnNames(tableName, callback) {
myDb.transaction(function (transaction) {
var query_exec = "SELECT name, sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name ='" + tableName + "'";
transaction.executeSql(query_exec, [], function (tx, results) {
var columnNames = [];
var len = results.rows.length;
if (len>0){
var columnParts = results.rows.item(0).sql.replace(/^[^\(]+\(([^\)]+)\)/g, '$1').split(','); ///// RegEx
for (i in columnParts) {
if (typeof columnParts[i] === 'string')
columnNames.push(columnParts[i].split(" ")[0]);
};
callback(columnNames);
}
else callback(columnNames);
});
});
}
Table exists or not in database in swift
func tableExists(_ tableName:String) -> Bool {
sqlStatement = "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='\(tableName)'"
if sqlite3_prepare_v2(database, sqlStatement,-1, &compiledStatement, nil) == SQLITE_OK {
if sqlite3_step(compiledStatement) == SQLITE_ROW {
return true
}
else {
return false
}
}
else {
return false
}
sqlite3_finalize(compiledStatement)
}
c++ function checks db and all attached databases for existance of table and (optionally) column.
bool exists(sqlite3 *db, string tbl, string col="1")
{
sqlite3_stmt *stmt;
bool b = sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, ("select "+col+" from "+tbl).c_str(),
-1, &stmt, 0) == SQLITE_OK;
sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
return b;
}
Edit: Recently discovered the sqlite3_table_column_metadata function. Hence
bool exists(sqlite3* db,const char *tbl,const char *col=0)
{return sqlite3_table_column_metadata(db,0,tbl,col,0,0,0,0,0)==SQLITE_OK;}
You can also use db metadata to check if the table exists.
DatabaseMetaData md = connection.getMetaData();
ResultSet resultSet = md.getTables(null, null, tableName, null);
if (resultSet.next()) {
return true;
}
If you are running it with the python file and using sqlite3 obviously. Open command prompt or bash whatever you are using use
python3 file_name.py first in which your sql code is written.
Then Run sqlite3 file_name.db.
.table this command will give tables if they exist.
I wanted to add on Diego Vélez answer regarding the PRAGMA statement.
From https://sqlite.org/pragma.html we get some useful functions that can can return information about our database.
Here I quote the following:
For example, information about the columns in an index can be read using the index_info pragma as follows:
PRAGMA index_info('idx52');
Or, the same content can be read using:
SELECT * FROM pragma_index_info('idx52');
The advantage of the table-valued function format is that the query can return just a subset of the PRAGMA columns, can include a WHERE clause, can use aggregate functions, and the table-valued function can be just one of several data sources in a join...
Diego's answer gave PRAGMA table_info(table_name) like an option, but this won't be of much use in your other queries.
So, to answer the OPs question and to improve Diegos answer, you can do
SELECT * FROM pragma_table_info('table_name');
or even better,
SELECT name FROM pragma_table_list('table_name');
if you want to mimic PoorLuzers top-voted answer.
If you deal with Big Table, I made a simple hack with Python and Sqlite and you can make the similar idea with any other language
Step 1: Don't use (if not exists) in your create table command
you may know that this if you run this command that will have an exception if you already created the table before, and want to create it again, but this will lead us to the 2nd step.
Step 2: use try and except (or try and catch for other languages) to handle the last exception
here if you didn't create the table before, the try case will continue, but if you already did, you can put do your process at except case and you will know that you already created the table.
Here is the code:
def create_table():
con = sqlite3.connect("lists.db")
cur = con.cursor()
try:
cur.execute('''CREATE TABLE UNSELECTED(
ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY)''')
print('the table is created Now')
except sqlite3.OperationalError:
print('you already created the table before')
con.commit()
cur.close()
You can use a simple way, i use this method in C# and Xamarin,
public class LoginService : ILoginService
{
private SQLiteConnection dbconn;
}
in login service class, i have many methods for acces to the data in sqlite, i stored the data into a table, and the login page
it only shows when the user is not logged in.
for this purpose I only need to know if the table exists, in this case if it exists it is because it has data
public int ExisteSesion()
{
var rs = dbconn.GetTableInfo("Sesion");
return rs.Count;
}
if the table does not exist, it only returns a 0, if the table exists it is because it has data and it returns the total number of rows it has.
In the model I have specified the name that the table must receive to ensure its correct operation.
[Table("Sesion")]
public class Sesion
{
[PrimaryKey]
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Token { get; set; }
public string Usuario { get; set; }
}
Look into the "try - throw - catch" construct in C++. Most other programming languages have a similar construct for handling errors.
Before reading this example, I can understand rowversion myself that it reflects the last updated timestamp on a record. I think about its usage like this: First after reading a record, the rowversion column value should be achieved. Then before updating that record, the locally stored rowversion value should be checked against the current rowversion value fetched from database (at the time before updating), if they are not equal then it means there has been some update from another user and the current app should handle that concurrency situation with its own strategy.
However I think the following example either over-complicates the problem or may be even wrong or poorly explained (so lead to confusion):
CREATE TABLE MyTest (myKey int PRIMARY KEY
,myValue int, RV rowversion);
GO
INSERT INTO MyTest (myKey, myValue) VALUES (1, 0);
GO
INSERT INTO MyTest (myKey, myValue) VALUES (2, 0);
GO
DECLARE #t TABLE (myKey int);
UPDATE MyTest
SET myValue = 2 OUTPUT inserted.myKey INTO #t(myKey)
WHERE myKey = 1 AND RV = myValue;
IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #t) = 0
BEGIN
RAISERROR ('error changing row with myKey = %d'
,16 -- Severity.
,1 -- State
,1) -- myKey that was changed
END;
I notice myValue here, it's set to 2 and also used in the WHERE clause to check against the RV column. As my understand the rowversion column is obviously RV but then it explains this:
myValue is the rowversion column value for the row that indicates the last time that you read the row. This value must be replaced by the actual rowversion value
I didn't think myValue has anything to do with rowversion here, it should just be considered as user data. So with such explanation, the MyTest table has 2 rowversion columns? while myValue is obviously declared as int?
A possibility I can think of is myValue in WHERE condition is understood differently (meaning it was not the myValue in the SET clause), it may be just a placeholder such as for the read value of RV at the time reading the record before. Only that possibility makes sense to me.
So as I understand the example should be like this:
SET myValue = 2 OUTPUT inserted.myKey INTO #t(myKey)
WHERE myKey = 1 AND RV = rowVersionValueFromTheLastTimeReading
I've heard of timestamp before but rowversion is fairly new to me and once I tried finding more about it, I found this example making me so confused. What is your idea about this? Or I simply don't understand some of the mysterious usages of rowversion? Thanks.
The example in the Books Online is incorrect. I see that was called out in the community comments for the topic.
The code below shows how one might use rowversion to implement optimistic concurrency. This method is often employed when data are presented to the user for update and then modified.
DECLARE
#MyKey int = 1
,#NewMyValue int = 1
,#OriginalMyValue int
,#OriginalRV rowversion
--get original data, including rowversion
SELECT
#OriginalMyValue = myValue
, #OriginalRV = RV
FROM dbo.MyTest
WHERE myKey = 1;
--check original rowversion value when updating row
UPDATE dbo.MyTest
SET myValue = #NewMyValue
WHERE
myKey = 1
AND RV = #OriginalRV;
--optimistic concurrency violation
IF ##ROWCOUNT = 0
RAISEERROR ('Data was updated or deleted by another user.', 16, 1);
Alternatively, the original data value(s) can be checked instead of rowversion. However, this gets unwieldy if you have a lot of columns and need to check for NULL values. That's where rowversion is handy.
--check original rowversion value when updating row
UPDATE dbo.MyTest
SET myValue = #NewMyValue
WHERE
myKey = 1
AND (myValue = #OriginalMyValue
OR (myValue IS NULL AND #OriginalMyValue IS NULL));
Timestamp is a database synonym for rowversion. You don't need to understand any of the mysteries, you should just not use it. It is deprecated and will be removed in the future.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182776.aspx