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La libreria di flussi di dati TPL fornisce le classi System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.BatchBlock<T> e System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.BatchedJoinBlock<T1,T2> in modo da poter ricevere e memorizzare nel buffer i dati da una o più origini e quindi propagarli come una raccolta. Questo meccanismo di batch è utile quando si raccolgono dati da una o più origini e quindi si elaborano più elementi di dati in batch. Si consideri, ad esempio, un'applicazione che usa il flusso di dati per inserire record in un database. Questa operazione può essere più efficiente se più elementi vengono inseriti contemporaneamente anziché uno alla volta in sequenza. Questo documento descrive come usare la classe BatchBlock<T> per migliorare l'efficienza di tali operazioni di inserimento del database. Viene inoltre descritto come usare la classe BatchedJoinBlock<T1,T2> per acquisire sia i risultati che le eccezioni che si verificano quando il programma legge da un database.
Nota
La libreria del flusso di dati TPL (spazio dei nomi System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow) non viene distribuita con .NET. Per installare lo spazio dei nomi System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow in Visual Studio, aprire il progetto, scegliere Gestisci pacchetti NuGet dal menu Project e cercare online il pacchetto System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow. In alternativa, per installarlo usando l'interfaccia della riga di comando di .NET Core, eseguire dotnet add package System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.
Prerequisiti
Leggere la sezione Blocchi di unione nel documento sul flusso di dati prima di iniziare questa guida.
Assicurarsi di disporre di una copia del database Northwind, Northwind.sdf, disponibile nel computer.
Importante
In alcune versioni di Windows non è possibile connettersi a Northwind.sdf se Visual Studio è in esecuzione in modalità non amministratore. Per connettersi a Northwind.sdf, avviare Visual Studio o un prompt dei comandi degli sviluppatori di Visual Studio nella modalità Esegui come amministratore.
Creazione dell'applicazione console
In Visual Studio, crea un progetto Visual C# o Visual Basic Applicazione Console. In questo documento il progetto è denominato
DataflowBatchDatabase.Assicurarsi che Form1.cs (Form1.vb per Visual Basic) contenga le istruzioni
using(Importsin Visual Basic).using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Data.SqlClient; using System.Diagnostics; using System.IO; using System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow;Imports System.Collections.Generic Imports System.Data.SqlClient Imports System.Data.SqlServerCe Imports System.Diagnostics Imports System.IO Imports System.Threading.Tasks.DataflowAggiungere i membri di dati seguenti alla classe
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:\...\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"
Definizione della classe Employee
Aggiungere alla classe Program la classe 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
La classe Employee contiene tre proprietà, EmployeeID, LastNamee FirstName. Queste proprietà corrispondono alle colonne Employee ID, Last Namee First Name nella tabella Employees del database Northwind. Per questa dimostrazione, la classe Employee definisce anche il metodo Random, che crea un oggetto Employee con valori casuali per le relative proprietà.
Definizione delle operazioni del database dei dipendenti
Aggiungere alla classe Program i metodi InsertEmployees, GetEmployeeCounte GetEmployeeID.
// Adds new employee records to the database.
static void InsertEmployees(Employee[] employees, string connectionString)
{
using (SqlConnection connection =
new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
try
{
// Create the SQL command.
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(
"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 (SqlConnection sqlConnection =
new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
SqlCommand sqlCommand = new SqlCommand(
"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 (SqlConnection connection =
new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(
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 SqlConnection(connectionString)
Try
' Create the SQL command.
Dim command As New SqlCommand("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 SqlConnection(connectionString)
Dim sqlCommand As New SqlCommand("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 SqlConnection(connectionString)
Dim command As New SqlCommand(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
Il metodo InsertEmployees aggiunge nuovi record dei dipendenti al database. Il metodo GetEmployeeCount recupera il numero di voci nella tabella Employees. Il metodo GetEmployeeID recupera l'identificatore del primo dipendente con il nome specificato. Ognuno di questi metodi accetta una stringa di connessione al database Northwind.
Aggiunta di dati dei dipendenti al database senza usare il buffering
Aggiungere alla classe Program i metodi AddEmployees e PostRandomEmployees.
// Posts random Employee data to the provided target block.
static void PostRandomEmployees(ITargetBlock<Employee> target, int count)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Adding {count} entries to Employee table...");
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
Il metodo AddEmployees aggiunge dati casuali dei dipendenti al database usando il flusso di dati. Crea un oggetto ActionBlock<TInput> che chiama il metodo InsertEmployees per aggiungere una voce di dipendente al database. Il metodo AddEmployees chiama quindi il metodo PostRandomEmployees per pubblicare più oggetti Employee all'oggetto ActionBlock<TInput>. Il metodo AddEmployees attende quindi il completamento di tutte le operazioni di inserimento.
Utilizzo del buffering per aggiungere dati dei dipendenti al database
Aggiungere alla classe Program il metodo 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
Questo metodo è simile a AddEmployees, ad eccezione del fatto che usa anche la classe BatchBlock<T> per memorizzare più oggetti Employee prima di inviare tali oggetti all'oggetto ActionBlock<TInput>. Poiché la classe BatchBlock<T> propaga più elementi come raccolta, l'oggetto ActionBlock<TInput> viene modificato per agire su una matrice di oggetti Employee. Come nel metodo AddEmployees, AddEmployeesBatched chiama il metodo PostRandomEmployees per pubblicare più oggetti Employee; tuttavia, AddEmployeesBatched inserisce questi oggetti nell'oggetto BatchBlock<T>. Il metodo AddEmployeesBatched attende anche il completamento di tutte le operazioni di inserimento.
Uso del join memorizzato nel buffer per leggere i dati dei dipendenti dal database
Aggiungere alla classe Program il metodo 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={e.LastName} First={e.FirstName} ID={e.EmployeeID}");
}
// Print the error count for this batch.
Console.WriteLine($"There were {data.Item2.Count} errors in this batch...");
// Update total error count.
totalErrors += data.Item2.Count;
});
// Link the batched join block to the action block.
selectEmployees.LinkTo(printEmployees);
// When the batched join block completes, set the action block also to complete.
selectEmployees.Completion.ContinueWith(delegate { printEmployees.Complete(); });
// Try to retrieve the ID for several random employees.
Console.WriteLine("Selecting random entries from Employees table...");
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
try
{
// Create a random employee.
Employee e = Employee.Random();
// Try to retrieve the ID for the employee from the database.
e.EmployeeID = GetEmployeeID(e.LastName, e.FirstName, connectionString);
// Post the Employee object to the Employee target of
// the batched join block.
selectEmployees.Target1.Post(e);
}
catch (NullReferenceException e)
{
// GetEmployeeID throws NullReferenceException when there is
// no such employee with the given name. When this happens,
// post the Exception object to the Exception target of
// the batched join block.
selectEmployees.Target2.Post(e);
}
}
// Set the batched join block to the completed state and wait for
// all retrieval operations to complete.
selectEmployees.Complete();
printEmployees.Completion.Wait();
// Print the total error count.
Console.WriteLine($"Finished. There were {totalErrors} total errors.");
}
' 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
Questo metodo stampa informazioni sui dipendenti casuali nella console. Crea diversi oggetti Employee casuali e chiama il metodo GetEmployeeID per recuperare l'identificatore univoco per ogni oggetto. Poiché il metodo GetEmployeeID genera un'eccezione se non esiste un dipendente corrispondente con il nome e il cognome specificati, il metodo GetRandomEmployees usa la classe BatchedJoinBlock<T1,T2> per archiviare gli oggetti Employee per le chiamate riuscite a GetEmployeeID e System.Exception oggetti per le chiamate che hanno esito negativo. L'oggetto ActionBlock<TInput> in questo esempio agisce su un oggetto Tuple<T1,T2> che contiene un elenco di oggetti Employee e un elenco di oggetti Exception. L'oggetto BatchedJoinBlock<T1,T2> propaga questi dati quando la somma del Employee ricevuto e il numero di oggetti Exception è uguale alla dimensione del batch.
Esempio completo
Nell'esempio seguente viene illustrato il codice completo. Il metodo Main confronta il tempo necessario per eseguire inserimenti di database in batch rispetto al tempo necessario per eseguire inserimenti di database non in batch. Viene inoltre illustrato l'uso del join memorizzato nel buffer per leggere i dati dei dipendenti dal database e segnalare anche gli errori.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
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:\...\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 (SqlConnection connection =
new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
try
{
// Create the SQL command.
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(
"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 (SqlConnection sqlConnection =
new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
SqlCommand sqlCommand = new SqlCommand(
"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 (SqlConnection connection =
new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(
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 {count} entries to Employee table...");
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={e.LastName} First={e.FirstName} ID={e.EmployeeID}");
}
// Print the error count for this batch.
Console.WriteLine($"There were {data.Item2.Count} errors in this batch...");
// Update total error count.
totalErrors += data.Item2.Count;
});
// Link the batched join block to the action block.
selectEmployees.LinkTo(printEmployees);
// When the batched join block completes, set the action block also to complete.
selectEmployees.Completion.ContinueWith(delegate { printEmployees.Complete(); });
// Try to retrieve the ID for several random employees.
Console.WriteLine("Selecting random entries from Employees table...");
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
try
{
// Create a random employee.
Employee e = Employee.Random();
// Try to retrieve the ID for the employee from the database.
e.EmployeeID = GetEmployeeID(e.LastName, e.FirstName, connectionString);
// Post the Employee object to the Employee target of
// the batched join block.
selectEmployees.Target1.Post(e);
}
catch (NullReferenceException e)
{
// GetEmployeeID throws NullReferenceException when there is
// no such employee with the given name. When this happens,
// post the Exception object to the Exception target of
// the batched join block.
selectEmployees.Target2.Post(e);
}
}
// Set the batched join block to the completed state and wait for
// all retrieval operations to complete.
selectEmployees.Complete();
printEmployees.Completion.Wait();
// Print the total error count.
Console.WriteLine($"Finished. There were {totalErrors} total errors.");
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create a connection string for accessing the database.
// The connection string refers to the temporary database location.
string connectionString = "...";
// 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($"Original size of Employee table: {GetEmployeeCount(connectionString)}.");
stopwatch.Start();
AddEmployees(connectionString, insertCount);
stopwatch.Stop();
Console.WriteLine("New size of Employee table: {0}; elapsed insert time: {1} ms.",
GetEmployeeCount(connectionString), stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds);
Console.WriteLine();
// Start again with a clean database file.
File.Copy(sourceDatabase, scratchDatabase, true);
// Demonstrate multiple insert operations, this time with batching.
Console.WriteLine("Demonstrating batched database insert operations...");
Console.WriteLine($"Original size of Employee table: {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.SqlClient
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 SqlConnection(connectionString)
Try
' Create the SQL command.
Dim command As New SqlCommand("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 SqlConnection(connectionString)
Dim sqlCommand As New SqlCommand("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 SqlConnection(connectionString)
Dim command As New SqlCommand(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.
'