Пошаговое руководство. Повышение эффективности с помощью BatchBlock и BatchedJoinBlock
Библиотека потоков данных TPL предоставляет классы System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.BatchBlock<T> и System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.BatchedJoinBlock<T1,T2>, чтобы пользователь мог получать и помещать в буфер данные из одного или нескольких источников и затем передавать эти помещенные в буфер данные в виде одной коллекции. Этот механизм пакетной обработки полезен при сборе данных из одного или нескольких источников и дальнейшей обработке различных элементов данных в пакетном режиме. Например, рассмотрим приложение, использующее поток данных для вставки записей в базу данных. Эта операция может быть эффективнее, если несколько элементов добавляются одновременно, а не последовательно по одному. В этом документе описано, как использовать класс BatchBlock<T> для увеличения эффективности подобных операций вставки в базу данных. Также здесь приводится способ использования класса BatchedJoinBlock<T1,T2> для перехвата и результатов, и всех исключений, возникающих при выполнении программой считывания из базы данных.
Примечание
Библиотека потоков данных TPL (пространство имен System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow) не поставляется с .NET. Чтобы установить пространство имен System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow в Visual Studio, откройте проект, выберите Управление пакетами NuGet в меню Проект и выполните поиск пакета System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow
в Интернете. Вы также можете установить его, выполнив в .NET Core CLI команду dotnet add package System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow
.
Предварительные требования
Прочитайте описание блоков объединения в документации по потокам данных, прежде чем приступать к этому руководству.
Убедитесь, что на вашем компьютере есть копия базы данных Northwind, Northwind.sdf. Этот файл обычно находится в папке %Program Files%\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.5\Samples\.
Важно!
В некоторых версиях Windows вы не сможете подключиться к Northwind.sdf, если Visual Studio работает не в режиме администратора. Для подключения к Northwind.sdf запустите Visual Studio или командную строку разработчика для Visual Studio в режиме Запуск от имени администратора.
Это пошаговое руководство содержит следующие разделы:
Добавление данных о сотруднике в базу данных без использования буферизации
Использование буферизации для добавления данных о сотруднике в базу данных
Использование объединения буферизированных данных для считывания данных о сотруднике из базы данных
Создание консольного приложения
В Visual Studio создайте проект консольного приложения Visual C# или Visual Basic. В этом документе проект называется
DataflowBatchDatabase
.В проект добавьте ссылку на System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll и ссылку на System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll.
Убедитесь, что Form1.cs (Form1.vb для Visual Basic) содержит следующие операторы
using
(Imports
в Visual Basic).using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Data.SqlServerCe; using System.Diagnostics; using System.IO; using System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow;
Imports System.Collections.Generic Imports System.Data.SqlServerCe Imports System.Diagnostics Imports System.IO Imports System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow
Добавьте в класс
Program
следующие данные-члены.// The number of employees to add to the database. // TODO: Change this value to experiment with different numbers of // employees to insert into the database. static readonly int insertCount = 256; // The size of a single batch of employees to add to the database. // TODO: Change this value to experiment with different batch sizes. static readonly int insertBatchSize = 96; // The source database file. // TODO: Change this value if Northwind.sdf is at a different location // on your computer. static readonly string sourceDatabase = @"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.5\Samples\Northwind.sdf"; // TODO: Change this value if you require a different temporary location. static readonly string scratchDatabase = @"C:\Temp\Northwind.sdf";
' The number of employees to add to the database. ' TODO: Change this value to experiment with different numbers of ' employees to insert into the database. Private Shared ReadOnly insertCount As Integer = 256 ' The size of a single batch of employees to add to the database. ' TODO: Change this value to experiment with different batch sizes. Private Shared ReadOnly insertBatchSize As Integer = 96 ' The source database file. ' TODO: Change this value if Northwind.sdf is at a different location ' on your computer. Private Shared ReadOnly sourceDatabase As String = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.5\Samples\Northwind.sdf" ' TODO: Change this value if you require a different temporary location. Private Shared ReadOnly scratchDatabase As String = "C:\Temp\Northwind.sdf"
Определение класса "Сотрудник"
Добавьте в класс Program
класс Employee
.
// Describes an employee. Each property maps to a
// column in the Employees table in the Northwind database.
// For brevity, the Employee class does not contain
// all columns from the Employees table.
class Employee
{
public int EmployeeID { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public string FirstName { get; set; }
// A random number generator that helps tp generate
// Employee property values.
static Random rand = new Random(42);
// Possible random first names.
static readonly string[] firstNames = { "Tom", "Mike", "Ruth", "Bob", "John" };
// Possible random last names.
static readonly string[] lastNames = { "Jones", "Smith", "Johnson", "Walker" };
// Creates an Employee object that contains random
// property values.
public static Employee Random()
{
return new Employee
{
EmployeeID = -1,
LastName = lastNames[rand.Next() % lastNames.Length],
FirstName = firstNames[rand.Next() % firstNames.Length]
};
}
}
' Describes an employee. Each property maps to a
' column in the Employees table in the Northwind database.
' For brevity, the Employee class does not contain
' all columns from the Employees table.
Private Class Employee
Public Property EmployeeID() As Integer
Public Property LastName() As String
Public Property FirstName() As String
' A random number generator that helps tp generate
' Employee property values.
Private Shared rand As New Random(42)
' Possible random first names.
Private Shared ReadOnly firstNames() As String = {"Tom", "Mike", "Ruth", "Bob", "John"}
' Possible random last names.
Private Shared ReadOnly lastNames() As String = {"Jones", "Smith", "Johnson", "Walker"}
' Creates an Employee object that contains random
' property values.
Public Shared Function Random() As Employee
Return New Employee With {.EmployeeID = -1, .LastName = lastNames(rand.Next() Mod lastNames.Length), .FirstName = firstNames(rand.Next() Mod firstNames.Length)}
End Function
End Class
В классе Employee
содержатся три свойства: EmployeeID
, LastName
и FirstName
, Эти свойства соответствуют столбцам Employee ID
, Last Name
и First Name
в таблице Employees
в базе данных Northwind. Для этого примера в классе Employee
также определяется метод Random
, который создает объект Employee
со случайными значениями свойств.
Определение операций базы данных сотрудников
Добавьте в класс Program
методы InsertEmployees
, GetEmployeeCount
и GetEmployeeID
.
// Adds new employee records to the database.
static void InsertEmployees(Employee[] employees, string connectionString)
{
using (SqlCeConnection connection =
new SqlCeConnection(connectionString))
{
try
{
// Create the SQL command.
SqlCeCommand command = new SqlCeCommand(
"INSERT INTO Employees ([Last Name], [First Name])" +
"VALUES (@lastName, @firstName)",
connection);
connection.Open();
for (int i = 0; i < employees.Length; i++)
{
// Set parameters.
command.Parameters.Clear();
command.Parameters.Add("@lastName", employees[i].LastName);
command.Parameters.Add("@firstName", employees[i].FirstName);
// Execute the command.
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
}
finally
{
connection.Close();
}
}
}
// Retrieves the number of entries in the Employees table in
// the Northwind database.
static int GetEmployeeCount(string connectionString)
{
int result = 0;
using (SqlCeConnection sqlConnection =
new SqlCeConnection(connectionString))
{
SqlCeCommand sqlCommand = new SqlCeCommand(
"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Employees", sqlConnection);
sqlConnection.Open();
try
{
result = (int)sqlCommand.ExecuteScalar();
}
finally
{
sqlConnection.Close();
}
}
return result;
}
// Retrieves the ID of the first employee that has the provided name.
static int GetEmployeeID(string lastName, string firstName,
string connectionString)
{
using (SqlCeConnection connection =
new SqlCeConnection(connectionString))
{
SqlCeCommand command = new SqlCeCommand(
string.Format(
"SELECT [Employee ID] FROM Employees " +
"WHERE [Last Name] = '{0}' AND [First Name] = '{1}'",
lastName, firstName),
connection);
connection.Open();
try
{
return (int)command.ExecuteScalar();
}
finally
{
connection.Close();
}
}
}
' Adds new employee records to the database.
Private Shared Sub InsertEmployees(ByVal employees() As Employee, ByVal connectionString As String)
Using connection As New SqlCeConnection(connectionString)
Try
' Create the SQL command.
Dim command As New SqlCeCommand("INSERT INTO Employees ([Last Name], [First Name])" & "VALUES (@lastName, @firstName)", connection)
connection.Open()
For i As Integer = 0 To employees.Length - 1
' Set parameters.
command.Parameters.Clear()
command.Parameters.Add("@lastName", employees(i).LastName)
command.Parameters.Add("@firstName", employees(i).FirstName)
' Execute the command.
command.ExecuteNonQuery()
Next i
Finally
connection.Close()
End Try
End Using
End Sub
' Retrieves the number of entries in the Employees table in
' the Northwind database.
Private Shared Function GetEmployeeCount(ByVal connectionString As String) As Integer
Dim result As Integer = 0
Using sqlConnection As New SqlCeConnection(connectionString)
Dim sqlCommand As New SqlCeCommand("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Employees", sqlConnection)
sqlConnection.Open()
Try
result = CInt(Fix(sqlCommand.ExecuteScalar()))
Finally
sqlConnection.Close()
End Try
End Using
Return result
End Function
' Retrieves the ID of the first employee that has the provided name.
Private Shared Function GetEmployeeID(ByVal lastName As String, ByVal firstName As String, ByVal connectionString As String) As Integer
Using connection As New SqlCeConnection(connectionString)
Dim command As New SqlCeCommand(String.Format("SELECT [Employee ID] FROM Employees " & "WHERE [Last Name] = '{0}' AND [First Name] = '{1}'", lastName, firstName), connection)
connection.Open()
Try
Return CInt(Fix(command.ExecuteScalar()))
Finally
connection.Close()
End Try
End Using
End Function
Метод InsertEmployees
добавляет новые записи "Сотрудник" в базу данных. Метод GetEmployeeCount
получает число записей в таблице Employees
. Метод GetEmployeeID
получает идентификатор первого сотрудника с указанным именем. Каждый из этих методов принимает строку подключения к базе данных Northwind и использует функциональные возможности пространства имен System.Data.SqlServerCe
для обмена данными с базой данных.
Добавление данных о сотруднике в базу данных без использования буферизации
Добавьте в класс Program
методы AddEmployees
и PostRandomEmployees
.
// Posts random Employee data to the provided target block.
static void PostRandomEmployees(ITargetBlock<Employee> target, int count)
{
Console.WriteLine("Adding {0} entries to Employee table...", count);
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
target.Post(Employee.Random());
}
}
// Adds random employee data to the database by using dataflow.
static void AddEmployees(string connectionString, int count)
{
// Create an ActionBlock<Employee> object that adds a single
// employee entry to the database.
var insertEmployee = new ActionBlock<Employee>(e =>
InsertEmployees(new Employee[] { e }, connectionString));
// Post several random Employee objects to the dataflow block.
PostRandomEmployees(insertEmployee, count);
// Set the dataflow block to the completed state and wait for
// all insert operations to complete.
insertEmployee.Complete();
insertEmployee.Completion.Wait();
}
' Posts random Employee data to the provided target block.
Private Shared Sub PostRandomEmployees(ByVal target As ITargetBlock(Of Employee), ByVal count As Integer)
Console.WriteLine("Adding {0} entries to Employee table...", count)
For i As Integer = 0 To count - 1
target.Post(Employee.Random())
Next i
End Sub
' Adds random employee data to the database by using dataflow.
Private Shared Sub AddEmployees(ByVal connectionString As String, ByVal count As Integer)
' Create an ActionBlock<Employee> object that adds a single
' employee entry to the database.
Dim insertEmployee = New ActionBlock(Of Employee)(Sub(e) InsertEmployees(New Employee() {e}, connectionString))
' Post several random Employee objects to the dataflow block.
PostRandomEmployees(insertEmployee, count)
' Set the dataflow block to the completed state and wait for
' all insert operations to complete.
insertEmployee.Complete()
insertEmployee.Completion.Wait()
End Sub
Метод AddEmployees
добавляет случайные данные о сотрудниках в базу данных с помощью потока данных. Он создает объект ActionBlock<TInput>, который вызывает метод InsertEmployees
для добавления записи о сотруднике в базу данных. Метод AddEmployees
затем вызывает метод PostRandomEmployees
для прикрепления нескольких объектов Employee
к объекту ActionBlock<TInput>. Метод AddEmployees
затем ожидает завершения всех операций вставки.
Использование буферизации для добавления данных о сотруднике в базу данных
Добавьте метод Program
в класс AddEmployeesBatched
.
// Adds random employee data to the database by using dataflow.
// This method is similar to AddEmployees except that it uses batching
// to add multiple employees to the database at a time.
static void AddEmployeesBatched(string connectionString, int batchSize,
int count)
{
// Create a BatchBlock<Employee> that holds several Employee objects and
// then propagates them out as an array.
var batchEmployees = new BatchBlock<Employee>(batchSize);
// Create an ActionBlock<Employee[]> object that adds multiple
// employee entries to the database.
var insertEmployees = new ActionBlock<Employee[]>(a =>
InsertEmployees(a, connectionString));
// Link the batch block to the action block.
batchEmployees.LinkTo(insertEmployees);
// When the batch block completes, set the action block also to complete.
batchEmployees.Completion.ContinueWith(delegate { insertEmployees.Complete(); });
// Post several random Employee objects to the batch block.
PostRandomEmployees(batchEmployees, count);
// Set the batch block to the completed state and wait for
// all insert operations to complete.
batchEmployees.Complete();
insertEmployees.Completion.Wait();
}
' Adds random employee data to the database by using dataflow.
' This method is similar to AddEmployees except that it uses batching
' to add multiple employees to the database at a time.
Private Shared Sub AddEmployeesBatched(ByVal connectionString As String, ByVal batchSize As Integer, ByVal count As Integer)
' Create a BatchBlock<Employee> that holds several Employee objects and
' then propagates them out as an array.
Dim batchEmployees = New BatchBlock(Of Employee)(batchSize)
' Create an ActionBlock<Employee[]> object that adds multiple
' employee entries to the database.
Dim insertEmployees = New ActionBlock(Of Employee())(Sub(a) Program.InsertEmployees(a, connectionString))
' Link the batch block to the action block.
batchEmployees.LinkTo(insertEmployees)
' When the batch block completes, set the action block also to complete.
batchEmployees.Completion.ContinueWith(Sub() insertEmployees.Complete())
' Post several random Employee objects to the batch block.
PostRandomEmployees(batchEmployees, count)
' Set the batch block to the completed state and wait for
' all insert operations to complete.
batchEmployees.Complete()
insertEmployees.Completion.Wait()
End Sub
Этот метод похож на AddEmployees
за исключением того, что он использует класс BatchBlock<T> для буферизации нескольких объектов Employee
перед их отправкой объекту ActionBlock<TInput>. Поскольку класс BatchBlock<T> выдает на выходе несколько элементов в виде коллекции, объект ActionBlock<TInput> изменяется для работы с массивом объектов Employee
. Как и в методе AddEmployees
, AddEmployeesBatched
вызывает метод PostRandomEmployees
для отправки нескольких объектов Employee
; однако AddEmployeesBatched
отправляет эти объекты объекту BatchBlock<T>. Метод AddEmployeesBatched
также ожидает завершения всех операций вставки.
Использование объединения буферизированных данных для считывания данных о сотруднике из базы данных
Добавьте метод Program
в класс GetRandomEmployees
.
// Displays information about several random employees to the console.
static void GetRandomEmployees(string connectionString, int batchSize,
int count)
{
// Create a BatchedJoinBlock<Employee, Exception> object that holds
// both employee and exception data.
var selectEmployees = new BatchedJoinBlock<Employee, Exception>(batchSize);
// Holds the total number of exceptions that occurred.
int totalErrors = 0;
// Create an action block that prints employee and error information
// to the console.
var printEmployees =
new ActionBlock<Tuple<IList<Employee>, IList<Exception>>>(data =>
{
// Print information about the employees in this batch.
Console.WriteLine("Received a batch...");
foreach (Employee e in data.Item1)
{
Console.WriteLine("Last={0} First={1} ID={2}",
e.LastName, e.FirstName, e.EmployeeID);
}
// Print the error count for this batch.
Console.WriteLine("There were {0} errors in this batch...",
data.Item2.Count);
// Update total error count.
totalErrors += data.Item2.Count;
});
// Link the batched join block to the action block.
selectEmployees.LinkTo(printEmployees);
// When the batched join block completes, set the action block also to complete.
selectEmployees.Completion.ContinueWith(delegate { printEmployees.Complete(); });
// Try to retrieve the ID for several random employees.
Console.WriteLine("Selecting random entries from Employees table...");
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
try
{
// Create a random employee.
Employee e = Employee.Random();
// Try to retrieve the ID for the employee from the database.
e.EmployeeID = GetEmployeeID(e.LastName, e.FirstName, connectionString);
// Post the Employee object to the Employee target of
// the batched join block.
selectEmployees.Target1.Post(e);
}
catch (NullReferenceException e)
{
// GetEmployeeID throws NullReferenceException when there is
// no such employee with the given name. When this happens,
// post the Exception object to the Exception target of
// the batched join block.
selectEmployees.Target2.Post(e);
}
}
// Set the batched join block to the completed state and wait for
// all retrieval operations to complete.
selectEmployees.Complete();
printEmployees.Completion.Wait();
// Print the total error count.
Console.WriteLine("Finished. There were {0} total errors.", totalErrors);
}
' Displays information about several random employees to the console.
Private Shared Sub GetRandomEmployees(ByVal connectionString As String, ByVal batchSize As Integer, ByVal count As Integer)
' Create a BatchedJoinBlock<Employee, Exception> object that holds
' both employee and exception data.
Dim selectEmployees = New BatchedJoinBlock(Of Employee, Exception)(batchSize)
' Holds the total number of exceptions that occurred.
Dim totalErrors As Integer = 0
' Create an action block that prints employee and error information
' to the console.
Dim printEmployees = New ActionBlock(Of Tuple(Of IList(Of Employee), IList(Of Exception)))(Sub(data)
' Print information about the employees in this batch.
' Print the error count for this batch.
' Update total error count.
Console.WriteLine("Received a batch...")
For Each e As Employee In data.Item1
Console.WriteLine("Last={0} First={1} ID={2}", e.LastName, e.FirstName, e.EmployeeID)
Next e
Console.WriteLine("There were {0} errors in this batch...", data.Item2.Count)
totalErrors += data.Item2.Count
End Sub)
' Link the batched join block to the action block.
selectEmployees.LinkTo(printEmployees)
' When the batched join block completes, set the action block also to complete.
selectEmployees.Completion.ContinueWith(Sub() printEmployees.Complete())
' Try to retrieve the ID for several random employees.
Console.WriteLine("Selecting random entries from Employees table...")
For i As Integer = 0 To count - 1
Try
' Create a random employee.
Dim e As Employee = Employee.Random()
' Try to retrieve the ID for the employee from the database.
e.EmployeeID = GetEmployeeID(e.LastName, e.FirstName, connectionString)
' Post the Employee object to the Employee target of
' the batched join block.
selectEmployees.Target1.Post(e)
Catch e As NullReferenceException
' GetEmployeeID throws NullReferenceException when there is
' no such employee with the given name. When this happens,
' post the Exception object to the Exception target of
' the batched join block.
selectEmployees.Target2.Post(e)
End Try
Next i
' Set the batched join block to the completed state and wait for
' all retrieval operations to complete.
selectEmployees.Complete()
printEmployees.Completion.Wait()
' Print the total error count.
Console.WriteLine("Finished. There were {0} total errors.", totalErrors)
End Sub
Этот метод выводит сведения о случайных сотрудниках на консоль. Он создает несколько произвольных объектов Employee
и вызывает метод GetEmployeeID
для извлечения уникального идентификатора каждого объекта. Поскольку метод GetEmployeeID
создает исключение, если не найден сотрудник с данным именем и фамилией, метод GetRandomEmployees
использует класс BatchedJoinBlock<T1,T2> для хранения объектов Employee
в случае успешного вызова объектов GetEmployeeID
и System.Exception для вызовов, которые завершились ошибкой. Объект ActionBlock<TInput> в этом примере работает с объектом Tuple<T1,T2>, содержащим список объектов Employee
и список объектов Exception. Объект BatchedJoinBlock<T1,T2> передает эти данные, когда в сумме количество полученных объектов Employee
и Exception равняется размеру пакета.
Полный пример
В следующем примере показан полный код. Метод Main
сравнивает время выполнения пакетной вставки в базу данных и время выполнения непакетной вставки. Здесь также демонстрируется использование объединения буферизированных данных для чтения сведений о сотруднике из базы данных, помимо этого он докладывает об ошибках.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.SqlServerCe;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow;
// Demonstrates how to use batched dataflow blocks to improve
// the performance of database operations.
namespace DataflowBatchDatabase
{
class Program
{
// The number of employees to add to the database.
// TODO: Change this value to experiment with different numbers of
// employees to insert into the database.
static readonly int insertCount = 256;
// The size of a single batch of employees to add to the database.
// TODO: Change this value to experiment with different batch sizes.
static readonly int insertBatchSize = 96;
// The source database file.
// TODO: Change this value if Northwind.sdf is at a different location
// on your computer.
static readonly string sourceDatabase =
@"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.5\Samples\Northwind.sdf";
// TODO: Change this value if you require a different temporary location.
static readonly string scratchDatabase =
@"C:\Temp\Northwind.sdf";
// Describes an employee. Each property maps to a
// column in the Employees table in the Northwind database.
// For brevity, the Employee class does not contain
// all columns from the Employees table.
class Employee
{
public int EmployeeID { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public string FirstName { get; set; }
// A random number generator that helps tp generate
// Employee property values.
static Random rand = new Random(42);
// Possible random first names.
static readonly string[] firstNames = { "Tom", "Mike", "Ruth", "Bob", "John" };
// Possible random last names.
static readonly string[] lastNames = { "Jones", "Smith", "Johnson", "Walker" };
// Creates an Employee object that contains random
// property values.
public static Employee Random()
{
return new Employee
{
EmployeeID = -1,
LastName = lastNames[rand.Next() % lastNames.Length],
FirstName = firstNames[rand.Next() % firstNames.Length]
};
}
}
// Adds new employee records to the database.
static void InsertEmployees(Employee[] employees, string connectionString)
{
using (SqlCeConnection connection =
new SqlCeConnection(connectionString))
{
try
{
// Create the SQL command.
SqlCeCommand command = new SqlCeCommand(
"INSERT INTO Employees ([Last Name], [First Name])" +
"VALUES (@lastName, @firstName)",
connection);
connection.Open();
for (int i = 0; i < employees.Length; i++)
{
// Set parameters.
command.Parameters.Clear();
command.Parameters.Add("@lastName", employees[i].LastName);
command.Parameters.Add("@firstName", employees[i].FirstName);
// Execute the command.
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
}
finally
{
connection.Close();
}
}
}
// Retrieves the number of entries in the Employees table in
// the Northwind database.
static int GetEmployeeCount(string connectionString)
{
int result = 0;
using (SqlCeConnection sqlConnection =
new SqlCeConnection(connectionString))
{
SqlCeCommand sqlCommand = new SqlCeCommand(
"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Employees", sqlConnection);
sqlConnection.Open();
try
{
result = (int)sqlCommand.ExecuteScalar();
}
finally
{
sqlConnection.Close();
}
}
return result;
}
// Retrieves the ID of the first employee that has the provided name.
static int GetEmployeeID(string lastName, string firstName,
string connectionString)
{
using (SqlCeConnection connection =
new SqlCeConnection(connectionString))
{
SqlCeCommand command = new SqlCeCommand(
string.Format(
"SELECT [Employee ID] FROM Employees " +
"WHERE [Last Name] = '{0}' AND [First Name] = '{1}'",
lastName, firstName),
connection);
connection.Open();
try
{
return (int)command.ExecuteScalar();
}
finally
{
connection.Close();
}
}
}
// Posts random Employee data to the provided target block.
static void PostRandomEmployees(ITargetBlock<Employee> target, int count)
{
Console.WriteLine("Adding {0} entries to Employee table...", count);
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
target.Post(Employee.Random());
}
}
// Adds random employee data to the database by using dataflow.
static void AddEmployees(string connectionString, int count)
{
// Create an ActionBlock<Employee> object that adds a single
// employee entry to the database.
var insertEmployee = new ActionBlock<Employee>(e =>
InsertEmployees(new Employee[] { e }, connectionString));
// Post several random Employee objects to the dataflow block.
PostRandomEmployees(insertEmployee, count);
// Set the dataflow block to the completed state and wait for
// all insert operations to complete.
insertEmployee.Complete();
insertEmployee.Completion.Wait();
}
// Adds random employee data to the database by using dataflow.
// This method is similar to AddEmployees except that it uses batching
// to add multiple employees to the database at a time.
static void AddEmployeesBatched(string connectionString, int batchSize,
int count)
{
// Create a BatchBlock<Employee> that holds several Employee objects and
// then propagates them out as an array.
var batchEmployees = new BatchBlock<Employee>(batchSize);
// Create an ActionBlock<Employee[]> object that adds multiple
// employee entries to the database.
var insertEmployees = new ActionBlock<Employee[]>(a =>
InsertEmployees(a, connectionString));
// Link the batch block to the action block.
batchEmployees.LinkTo(insertEmployees);
// When the batch block completes, set the action block also to complete.
batchEmployees.Completion.ContinueWith(delegate { insertEmployees.Complete(); });
// Post several random Employee objects to the batch block.
PostRandomEmployees(batchEmployees, count);
// Set the batch block to the completed state and wait for
// all insert operations to complete.
batchEmployees.Complete();
insertEmployees.Completion.Wait();
}
// Displays information about several random employees to the console.
static void GetRandomEmployees(string connectionString, int batchSize,
int count)
{
// Create a BatchedJoinBlock<Employee, Exception> object that holds
// both employee and exception data.
var selectEmployees = new BatchedJoinBlock<Employee, Exception>(batchSize);
// Holds the total number of exceptions that occurred.
int totalErrors = 0;
// Create an action block that prints employee and error information
// to the console.
var printEmployees =
new ActionBlock<Tuple<IList<Employee>, IList<Exception>>>(data =>
{
// Print information about the employees in this batch.
Console.WriteLine("Received a batch...");
foreach (Employee e in data.Item1)
{
Console.WriteLine("Last={0} First={1} ID={2}",
e.LastName, e.FirstName, e.EmployeeID);
}
// Print the error count for this batch.
Console.WriteLine("There were {0} errors in this batch...",
data.Item2.Count);
// Update total error count.
totalErrors += data.Item2.Count;
});
// Link the batched join block to the action block.
selectEmployees.LinkTo(printEmployees);
// When the batched join block completes, set the action block also to complete.
selectEmployees.Completion.ContinueWith(delegate { printEmployees.Complete(); });
// Try to retrieve the ID for several random employees.
Console.WriteLine("Selecting random entries from Employees table...");
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
try
{
// Create a random employee.
Employee e = Employee.Random();
// Try to retrieve the ID for the employee from the database.
e.EmployeeID = GetEmployeeID(e.LastName, e.FirstName, connectionString);
// Post the Employee object to the Employee target of
// the batched join block.
selectEmployees.Target1.Post(e);
}
catch (NullReferenceException e)
{
// GetEmployeeID throws NullReferenceException when there is
// no such employee with the given name. When this happens,
// post the Exception object to the Exception target of
// the batched join block.
selectEmployees.Target2.Post(e);
}
}
// Set the batched join block to the completed state and wait for
// all retrieval operations to complete.
selectEmployees.Complete();
printEmployees.Completion.Wait();
// Print the total error count.
Console.WriteLine("Finished. There were {0} total errors.", totalErrors);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create a connection string for accessing the database.
// The connection string refers to the temporary database location.
string connectionString = string.Format(@"Data Source={0}",
scratchDatabase);
// Create a Stopwatch object to time database insert operations.
Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
// Start with a clean database file by copying the source database to
// the temporary location.
File.Copy(sourceDatabase, scratchDatabase, true);
// Demonstrate multiple insert operations without batching.
Console.WriteLine("Demonstrating non-batched database insert operations...");
Console.WriteLine("Original size of Employee table: {0}.",
GetEmployeeCount(connectionString));
stopwatch.Start();
AddEmployees(connectionString, insertCount);
stopwatch.Stop();
Console.WriteLine("New size of Employee table: {0}; elapsed insert time: {1} ms.",
GetEmployeeCount(connectionString), stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds);
Console.WriteLine();
// Start again with a clean database file.
File.Copy(sourceDatabase, scratchDatabase, true);
// Demonstrate multiple insert operations, this time with batching.
Console.WriteLine("Demonstrating batched database insert operations...");
Console.WriteLine("Original size of Employee table: {0}.",
GetEmployeeCount(connectionString));
stopwatch.Restart();
AddEmployeesBatched(connectionString, insertBatchSize, insertCount);
stopwatch.Stop();
Console.WriteLine("New size of Employee table: {0}; elapsed insert time: {1} ms.",
GetEmployeeCount(connectionString), stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds);
Console.WriteLine();
// Start again with a clean database file.
File.Copy(sourceDatabase, scratchDatabase, true);
// Demonstrate multiple retrieval operations with error reporting.
Console.WriteLine("Demonstrating batched join database select operations...");
// Add a small number of employees to the database.
AddEmployeesBatched(connectionString, insertBatchSize, 16);
// Query for random employees.
GetRandomEmployees(connectionString, insertBatchSize, 10);
}
}
}
/* Sample output:
Demonstrating non-batched database insert operations...
Original size of Employee table: 15.
Adding 256 entries to Employee table...
New size of Employee table: 271; elapsed insert time: 11035 ms.
Demonstrating batched database insert operations...
Original size of Employee table: 15.
Adding 256 entries to Employee table...
New size of Employee table: 271; elapsed insert time: 197 ms.
Demonstrating batched join database insert operations...
Adding 16 entries to Employee table...
Selecting items from Employee table...
Received a batch...
Last=Jones First=Tom ID=21
Last=Jones First=John ID=24
Last=Smith First=Tom ID=26
Last=Jones First=Tom ID=21
There were 4 errors in this batch...
Received a batch...
Last=Smith First=Tom ID=26
Last=Jones First=Mike ID=28
There were 0 errors in this batch...
Finished. There were 4 total errors.
*/
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Data.SqlServerCe
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow
' Demonstrates how to use batched dataflow blocks to improve
' the performance of database operations.
Namespace DataflowBatchDatabase
Friend Class Program
' The number of employees to add to the database.
' TODO: Change this value to experiment with different numbers of
' employees to insert into the database.
Private Shared ReadOnly insertCount As Integer = 256
' The size of a single batch of employees to add to the database.
' TODO: Change this value to experiment with different batch sizes.
Private Shared ReadOnly insertBatchSize As Integer = 96
' The source database file.
' TODO: Change this value if Northwind.sdf is at a different location
' on your computer.
Private Shared ReadOnly sourceDatabase As String = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.5\Samples\Northwind.sdf"
' TODO: Change this value if you require a different temporary location.
Private Shared ReadOnly scratchDatabase As String = "C:\Temp\Northwind.sdf"
' Describes an employee. Each property maps to a
' column in the Employees table in the Northwind database.
' For brevity, the Employee class does not contain
' all columns from the Employees table.
Private Class Employee
Public Property EmployeeID() As Integer
Public Property LastName() As String
Public Property FirstName() As String
' A random number generator that helps tp generate
' Employee property values.
Private Shared rand As New Random(42)
' Possible random first names.
Private Shared ReadOnly firstNames() As String = {"Tom", "Mike", "Ruth", "Bob", "John"}
' Possible random last names.
Private Shared ReadOnly lastNames() As String = {"Jones", "Smith", "Johnson", "Walker"}
' Creates an Employee object that contains random
' property values.
Public Shared Function Random() As Employee
Return New Employee With {.EmployeeID = -1, .LastName = lastNames(rand.Next() Mod lastNames.Length), .FirstName = firstNames(rand.Next() Mod firstNames.Length)}
End Function
End Class
' Adds new employee records to the database.
Private Shared Sub InsertEmployees(ByVal employees() As Employee, ByVal connectionString As String)
Using connection As New SqlCeConnection(connectionString)
Try
' Create the SQL command.
Dim command As New SqlCeCommand("INSERT INTO Employees ([Last Name], [First Name])" & "VALUES (@lastName, @firstName)", connection)
connection.Open()
For i As Integer = 0 To employees.Length - 1
' Set parameters.
command.Parameters.Clear()
command.Parameters.Add("@lastName", employees(i).LastName)
command.Parameters.Add("@firstName", employees(i).FirstName)
' Execute the command.
command.ExecuteNonQuery()
Next i
Finally
connection.Close()
End Try
End Using
End Sub
' Retrieves the number of entries in the Employees table in
' the Northwind database.
Private Shared Function GetEmployeeCount(ByVal connectionString As String) As Integer
Dim result As Integer = 0
Using sqlConnection As New SqlCeConnection(connectionString)
Dim sqlCommand As New SqlCeCommand("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Employees", sqlConnection)
sqlConnection.Open()
Try
result = CInt(Fix(sqlCommand.ExecuteScalar()))
Finally
sqlConnection.Close()
End Try
End Using
Return result
End Function
' Retrieves the ID of the first employee that has the provided name.
Private Shared Function GetEmployeeID(ByVal lastName As String, ByVal firstName As String, ByVal connectionString As String) As Integer
Using connection As New SqlCeConnection(connectionString)
Dim command As New SqlCeCommand(String.Format("SELECT [Employee ID] FROM Employees " & "WHERE [Last Name] = '{0}' AND [First Name] = '{1}'", lastName, firstName), connection)
connection.Open()
Try
Return CInt(Fix(command.ExecuteScalar()))
Finally
connection.Close()
End Try
End Using
End Function
' Posts random Employee data to the provided target block.
Private Shared Sub PostRandomEmployees(ByVal target As ITargetBlock(Of Employee), ByVal count As Integer)
Console.WriteLine("Adding {0} entries to Employee table...", count)
For i As Integer = 0 To count - 1
target.Post(Employee.Random())
Next i
End Sub
' Adds random employee data to the database by using dataflow.
Private Shared Sub AddEmployees(ByVal connectionString As String, ByVal count As Integer)
' Create an ActionBlock<Employee> object that adds a single
' employee entry to the database.
Dim insertEmployee = New ActionBlock(Of Employee)(Sub(e) InsertEmployees(New Employee() {e}, connectionString))
' Post several random Employee objects to the dataflow block.
PostRandomEmployees(insertEmployee, count)
' Set the dataflow block to the completed state and wait for
' all insert operations to complete.
insertEmployee.Complete()
insertEmployee.Completion.Wait()
End Sub
' Adds random employee data to the database by using dataflow.
' This method is similar to AddEmployees except that it uses batching
' to add multiple employees to the database at a time.
Private Shared Sub AddEmployeesBatched(ByVal connectionString As String, ByVal batchSize As Integer, ByVal count As Integer)
' Create a BatchBlock<Employee> that holds several Employee objects and
' then propagates them out as an array.
Dim batchEmployees = New BatchBlock(Of Employee)(batchSize)
' Create an ActionBlock<Employee[]> object that adds multiple
' employee entries to the database.
Dim insertEmployees = New ActionBlock(Of Employee())(Sub(a) Program.InsertEmployees(a, connectionString))
' Link the batch block to the action block.
batchEmployees.LinkTo(insertEmployees)
' When the batch block completes, set the action block also to complete.
batchEmployees.Completion.ContinueWith(Sub() insertEmployees.Complete())
' Post several random Employee objects to the batch block.
PostRandomEmployees(batchEmployees, count)
' Set the batch block to the completed state and wait for
' all insert operations to complete.
batchEmployees.Complete()
insertEmployees.Completion.Wait()
End Sub
' Displays information about several random employees to the console.
Private Shared Sub GetRandomEmployees(ByVal connectionString As String, ByVal batchSize As Integer, ByVal count As Integer)
' Create a BatchedJoinBlock<Employee, Exception> object that holds
' both employee and exception data.
Dim selectEmployees = New BatchedJoinBlock(Of Employee, Exception)(batchSize)
' Holds the total number of exceptions that occurred.
Dim totalErrors As Integer = 0
' Create an action block that prints employee and error information
' to the console.
Dim printEmployees = New ActionBlock(Of Tuple(Of IList(Of Employee), IList(Of Exception)))(Sub(data)
' Print information about the employees in this batch.
' Print the error count for this batch.
' Update total error count.
Console.WriteLine("Received a batch...")
For Each e As Employee In data.Item1
Console.WriteLine("Last={0} First={1} ID={2}", e.LastName, e.FirstName, e.EmployeeID)
Next e
Console.WriteLine("There were {0} errors in this batch...", data.Item2.Count)
totalErrors += data.Item2.Count
End Sub)
' Link the batched join block to the action block.
selectEmployees.LinkTo(printEmployees)
' When the batched join block completes, set the action block also to complete.
selectEmployees.Completion.ContinueWith(Sub() printEmployees.Complete())
' Try to retrieve the ID for several random employees.
Console.WriteLine("Selecting random entries from Employees table...")
For i As Integer = 0 To count - 1
Try
' Create a random employee.
Dim e As Employee = Employee.Random()
' Try to retrieve the ID for the employee from the database.
e.EmployeeID = GetEmployeeID(e.LastName, e.FirstName, connectionString)
' Post the Employee object to the Employee target of
' the batched join block.
selectEmployees.Target1.Post(e)
Catch e As NullReferenceException
' GetEmployeeID throws NullReferenceException when there is
' no such employee with the given name. When this happens,
' post the Exception object to the Exception target of
' the batched join block.
selectEmployees.Target2.Post(e)
End Try
Next i
' Set the batched join block to the completed state and wait for
' all retrieval operations to complete.
selectEmployees.Complete()
printEmployees.Completion.Wait()
' Print the total error count.
Console.WriteLine("Finished. There were {0} total errors.", totalErrors)
End Sub
Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
' Create a connection string for accessing the database.
' The connection string refers to the temporary database location.
Dim connectionString As String = String.Format("Data Source={0}", scratchDatabase)
' Create a Stopwatch object to time database insert operations.
Dim stopwatch As New Stopwatch()
' Start with a clean database file by copying the source database to
' the temporary location.
File.Copy(sourceDatabase, scratchDatabase, True)
' Demonstrate multiple insert operations without batching.
Console.WriteLine("Demonstrating non-batched database insert operations...")
Console.WriteLine("Original size of Employee table: {0}.", GetEmployeeCount(connectionString))
stopwatch.Start()
AddEmployees(connectionString, insertCount)
stopwatch.Stop()
Console.WriteLine("New size of Employee table: {0}; elapsed insert time: {1} ms.", GetEmployeeCount(connectionString), stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds)
Console.WriteLine()
' Start again with a clean database file.
File.Copy(sourceDatabase, scratchDatabase, True)
' Demonstrate multiple insert operations, this time with batching.
Console.WriteLine("Demonstrating batched database insert operations...")
Console.WriteLine("Original size of Employee table: {0}.", GetEmployeeCount(connectionString))
stopwatch.Restart()
AddEmployeesBatched(connectionString, insertBatchSize, insertCount)
stopwatch.Stop()
Console.WriteLine("New size of Employee table: {0}; elapsed insert time: {1} ms.", GetEmployeeCount(connectionString), stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds)
Console.WriteLine()
' Start again with a clean database file.
File.Copy(sourceDatabase, scratchDatabase, True)
' Demonstrate multiple retrieval operations with error reporting.
Console.WriteLine("Demonstrating batched join database select operations...")
' Add a small number of employees to the database.
AddEmployeesBatched(connectionString, insertBatchSize, 16)
' Query for random employees.
GetRandomEmployees(connectionString, insertBatchSize, 10)
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
' Sample output:
'Demonstrating non-batched database insert operations...
'Original size of Employee table: 15.
'Adding 256 entries to Employee table...
'New size of Employee table: 271; elapsed insert time: 11035 ms.
'
'Demonstrating batched database insert operations...
'Original size of Employee table: 15.
'Adding 256 entries to Employee table...
'New size of Employee table: 271; elapsed insert time: 197 ms.
'
'Demonstrating batched join database insert operations...
'Adding 16 entries to Employee table...
'Selecting items from Employee table...
'Received a batch...
'Last=Jones First=Tom ID=21
'Last=Jones First=John ID=24
'Last=Smith First=Tom ID=26
'Last=Jones First=Tom ID=21
'There were 4 errors in this batch...
'Received a batch...
'Last=Smith First=Tom ID=26
'Last=Jones First=Mike ID=28
'There were 0 errors in this batch...
'Finished. There were 4 total errors.
'