Asynchronous Execution (Notification Method) Sample
The code samples in this topic demonstrate how to use the Asynchronous Execution (Notification Method).
This function uses asynchronous notification to open five connections, and executes one query on a statement of each connection.
#define NUMBER_OPERATIONS 5
int AsyncNotificationSample(void)
{
RETCODE rc;
SQLHENV hEnv = NULL;
SQLHDBC arhDbc[NUMBER_OPERATIONS] = {NULL};
SQLHSTMT arhStmt[NUMBER_OPERATIONS] = {NULL};
HANDLE arhDBCEvent[NUMBER_OPERATIONS] = {NULL};
RETCODE arrcDBC[NUMBER_OPERATIONS] = {0};
HANDLE arhSTMTEvent[NUMBER_OPERATIONS] = {NULL};
RETCODE arrcSTMT[NUMBER_OPERATIONS] = {0};
rc = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, NULL, &hEnv);
if ( !SQL_SUCCEEDED(rc) ) goto Cleanup;
rc = SQLSetEnvAttr(hEnv,
SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION,
(SQLPOINTER) SQL_OV_ODBC3_80,
SQL_IS_INTEGER);
if ( !SQL_SUCCEEDED(rc) ) goto Cleanup;
// Connection operations begin here
// Alloc NUMBER_OPERATIONS connection handles
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
rc = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, hEnv, &arhDbc[i]);
if ( !SQL_SUCCEEDED(rc) ) goto Cleanup;
}
// Enable DBC Async on all connection handles
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
rc= SQLSetConnectAttr(arhDbc[i], SQL_ATTR_ASYNC_DBC_FUNCTIONS_ENABLE, (SQLPOINTER)SQL_ASYNC_DBC_ENABLE_ON, SQL_IS_INTEGER);
if ( !SQL_SUCCEEDED(rc) ) goto Cleanup;
}
// Application must create event objects
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
arhDBCEvent[i] = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL); // Auto-reset, initial state is not-signaled
if (!arhDBCEvent[i]) goto Cleanup;
}
// Enable notification on all connection handles
// Event
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
rc= SQLSetConnectAttr(arhDbc[i], SQL_ATTR_ASYNC_DBC_EVENT, arhDBCEvent[i], SQL_IS_POINTER);
if ( !SQL_SUCCEEDED(rc) ) goto Cleanup;
}
// Initiate connect establishing
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
SQLDriverConnect(arhDbc[i], NULL, (SQLTCHAR*)TEXT("Driver={ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server};SERVER=your_server;DATABASE=your_database;UID=sa;PWD=your_password;"), SQL_NTS, NULL, 0, NULL, SQL_DRIVER_NOPROMPT);
}
// Can do some other staff before calling WaitForMultipleObjects
WaitForMultipleObjects(NUMBER_OPERATIONS, arhDBCEvent, TRUE, INFINITE); // Wait All
// Complete connect API calls
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
SQLCompleteAsync(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, arhDbc[i], & arrcDBC[i]);
}
BOOL fFail = FALSE; // Whether some connection opening fails.
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
if ( !SQL_SUCCEEDED(arrcDBC[i]) )
fFail = TRUE;
}
// If some SQLDriverConnect() fail, clean up.
if (fFail)
{
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
if (SQL_SUCCEEDED(arrcDBC[i]) )
{
SQLDisconnect(arhDbc[i]); // This is also async
}
else
{
SetEvent(arhDBCEvent[i]); // Previous SQLDriverConnect() failed. No need to call SQLDisconnect().
}
}
WaitForMultipleObjects(NUMBER_OPERATIONS, arhDBCEvent, TRUE, INFINITE);
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
if (SQL_SUCCEEDED(arrcDBC[i]) )
{
SQLCompleteAsync(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, arhDbc[i], &arrcDBC[i]);; // To Complete
}
}
goto Cleanup;
}
// Statement Operations begin here
// Alloc statement handle
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
rc = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, arhDbc[i], &arhStmt[i]);
if ( !SQL_SUCCEEDED(rc) ) goto Cleanup;
}
// Enable STMT Async on all statement handles
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
rc = SQLSetStmtAttr(arhStmt[i], SQL_ATTR_ASYNC_ENABLE, (SQLPOINTER)SQL_ASYNC_ENABLE_ON, SQL_IS_INTEGER);
if ( !SQL_SUCCEEDED(rc) ) goto Cleanup;
}
// Create event objects
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
arhSTMTEvent[i] = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL); // Auto-reset, initial state is not-signaled
if (!arhSTMTEvent[i]) goto Cleanup;
}
// Enable notification on all statement handles
// Event
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
rc= SQLSetStmtAttr(arhStmt[i], SQL_ATTR_ASYNC_STMT_EVENT, arhSTMTEvent[i], SQL_IS_POINTER);
if ( !SQL_SUCCEEDED(rc) ) goto Cleanup;
}
// Initiate SQLExecDirect() calls
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
SQLExecDirect(arhStmt[i], (SQLTCHAR*)TEXT("select au_lname, au_fname from authors"), SQL_NTS);
}
// Can do some other staff before calling WaitForMultipleObjects
WaitForMultipleObjects(NUMBER_OPERATIONS, arhSTMTEvent, TRUE, INFINITE); // Wait All
// Now, call SQLCompleteAsync to complete the operation and get return code
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
SQLCompleteAsync(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, arhStmt[i], &arrcSTMT[i]);
}
// Check return values
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
if ( !SQL_SUCCEEDED(arrcSTMT[i]) ) goto Cleanup;
}
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
//Do some binding jobs here, set SQL_ATTR_ROW_ARRAY_SIZE
}
// Now, initiate fetching
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
SQLFetch(arhStmt[i]);
}
// Can do some other staff before calling WaitForMultipleObjects
WaitForMultipleObjects(NUMBER_OPERATIONS, arhSTMTEvent, TRUE, INFINITE);
// Now, to complete the operations and get return code
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
SQLCompleteAsync(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, arhStmt[i], &arrcSTMT[i]);
}
// Check return code
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
if ( !SQL_SUCCEEDED(arrcSTMT[i]) ) goto Cleanup;
}
// USE fetched data here!!
Cleanup:
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
if (arhStmt[NUMBER_OPERATIONS])
{
SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, arhStmt[i]);
arhStmt[i] = NULL;
}
}
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
if (arhSTMTEvent[i])
{
CloseHandle(arhSTMTEvent[i]);
arhSTMTEvent[i] = NULL;
}
}
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
if (arhDbc[i])
{
SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, arhDbc[i]);
arhDbc[i] = NULL;
}
}
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OPERATIONS; i++)
{
if (arhDBCEvent[i])
{
CloseHandle(arhDBCEvent[i]);
arhDBCEvent[i] = NULL;
}
}
if (hEnv)
{
SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, hEnv);
hEnv = NULL;
}
return 0;
}
This function shows a pattern to start multiple operations simultaneously and wait for them when asynchronous notification is used:
#define ODBCVER 0x0380
#define _SQLNCLI_ODBC
// Global variables
const int g_nConnection = 700;
SQLHENV g_hEnv = NULL;
SQLHDBC g_hDbcs[g_nConnection];
HANDLE g_hevents[g_nConnection];
LONG volatile g_JobDoneNumber;
struct
{
char szOutConnectionString[500];
SQLSMALLINT iLen;
} g_connOut[g_nConnection];
void CALLBACK WaitCallBack(PTP_CALLBACK_INSTANCE Inst, PVOID Context, PTP_WAIT Wait, TP_WAIT_RESULT WaitResult)
{
UINT_PTR i = reinterpret_cast<UINT_PTR>(Context);
SQLRETURN rc ;
SQLCompleteAsync(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, g_hDbcs[(int)i], &rc);
printf("Connection %d done: RC: %d, threadid:%u \n", (int)i, rc, GetCurrentThreadId());
InterlockedIncrement(&g_JobDoneNumber);
}
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
for(int i = 0; i< g_nConnection; i++)
g_hevents[i] = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
PTP_WAIT waits[g_nConnection];
for(int i = 0; i < g_nConnection; i++)
{
waits[i] = CreateThreadpoolWait(&WaitCallBack, reinterpret_cast<PVOID>((UINT_PTR)i), NULL);
SetThreadpoolWait(waits[i], g_hevents[i], NULL);
}
SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, SQL_NULL_HANDLE,&g_hEnv);
SQLSetEnvAttr(g_hEnv,SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION, (SQLPOINTER)SQL_OV_ODBC3_80, SQL_IS_UINTEGER);
for(int i = 0; i < g_nConnection; i++)
{
SQLAllocHandle( SQL_HANDLE_DBC, g_hEnv , &g_hDbcs[i]);
SQLSetConnectAttr(
g_hDbcs[i],
SQL_ATTR_ASYNC_DBC_FUNCTIONS_ENABLE,
(SQLPOINTER)SQL_ASYNC_ENABLE_ON,
SQL_IS_INTEGER);
SQLSetConnectAttr(g_hDbcs[i], SQL_ATTR_ASYNC_DBC_EVENT, g_hevents[i], SQL_IS_POINTER);
}
// make connections
g_JobDoneNumber = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < g_nConnection; i++)
{
SQLDriverConnect(g_hDbcs[i],NULL,
(SQLCHAR*)"DRIVER={ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server};Server=your_server;Encrypt=yes;database=your_database;uid=usr;pwd=your_password",
SQL_NTS, (SQLCHAR*)g_connOut[i].szOutConnectionString, 500, &g_connOut[i].iLen, SQL_DRIVER_NOPROMPT);
}
printf("connect wait..\n");
while(g_JobDoneNumber < g_nConnection)
SleepEx(50, false);
// disconnect
for(int i = 0; i < g_nConnection; i++)
SetThreadpoolWait(waits[i], g_hevents[i], NULL);
printf("disconnect wait..\n");
g_JobDoneNumber = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < g_nConnection; i++)
SQLDisconnect(g_hDbcs[i]);
while(g_JobDoneNumber < g_nConnection)
SleepEx(50, false);
for(int i = 0; i < g_nConnection; i++)
CloseThreadpoolWait(waits[i]);
for(int i = 0; i < g_nConnection; i++)
{
CloseHandle(g_hevents[i]);
SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, g_hDbcs[i]);
}
SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, g_hEnv);
return 0;
}