I have a Database table:
Item
ID (uniqueidentifier)
Index (int)
I have a list of 2000 key-value pairs items where the key is ID and value is Index, which i need to update it. How can i update all the 2000 items from database using one single sql query?
Right now i have something like this:
// this dictionary has 2000 values
Dictionary<Guid, int> values = new Dictionary<Guid,int>();
foreach(KeyValuePair<Guid, int> item in values)
{
_db.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("UPDATE [Item] SET [Index] = #p0 WHERE [Id] = #p1", item.Value, item.Key);
}
However, i am making too many requests to the SQL Server, and i want to improve this.
Use table value parameters to send those values to SQL Server and update Items table in one shot:
CREATE TYPE KeyValueType AS TABLE
(
[Key] GUID,
[Value] INT
);
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.usp_UpdateItems
#pairs KeyValueType READONLY
AS
BEGIN
UPDATE I
SET [Index] = P.Value
FROM
[Item] I
INNER JOIN #pairs P ON P.Id = I.Id
END;
GO
If you really need to update in that manner and have no other alternative - the main way around it could be this rather "ugly" technique (and therefore rarely used, but still works pretty well);
Make all 2000 statements in one string, and execute that one string. That makes one call to the database with the 2000 updates in it.
So basically something like this (code not made to actually run, it's an example so t
Dictionary<Guid, int> values = new Dictionary<Guid, int>();
System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
foreach (KeyValuePair<Guid, int> item in values)
{
sb.Append(String.Format("UPDATE [Item] SET [Index] = {0} WHERE [Id] = '{1}';", item.Value, item.Key));
}
_db.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand(sb.ToString);
In SQLite I can run the following query to get a list of columns in a table:
PRAGMA table_info(myTable)
This gives me the columns but no information about what the primary keys may be. Additionally, I can run the following two queries for finding indexes and foreign keys:
PRAGMA index_list(myTable)
PRAGMA foreign_key_list(myTable)
But I cannot seem to figure out how to view the primary keys. Does anyone know how I can go about doing this?
Note: I also know that I can do:
select * from sqlite_master where type = 'table' and name ='myTable';
And it will give the the create table statement which shows the primary keys. But I am looking for a way to do this without parsing the create statement.
The table_info DOES give you a column named pk (last one) indicating if it is a primary key (if so the index of it in the key) or not (zero).
To clarify, from the documentation:
The "pk" column in the result set is zero for columns that are not
part of the primary key, and is the index of the column in the primary
key for columns that are part of the primary key.
Hopefully this helps someone:
After some research and pain the command that worked for me to find the primary key column name was:
SELECT l.name FROM pragma_table_info("Table_Name") as l WHERE l.pk = 1;
For the ones trying to retrieve a pk name in android, and while using the ROOM library.
#Oogway101's answer was throwing an error: "no such column [your_table_name] ... etc.. etc...
my way of query submition was:
String pkSearch = "SELECT l.name FROM pragma_table_info(" + tableName + ") as l WHERE l.pk = 1;";
database.query(new SimpleSQLiteQuery(pkSearch)
I tried using the (") quotations and still error.
String pkSearch = "SELECT l.name FROM pragma_table_info(\"" + tableName + "\") as l WHERE l.pk = 1;";
So my solution was this:
String pragmaInfo = "PRAGMA table_info(" + tableName + ");";
Cursor c = database.query(new SimpleSQLiteQuery(pragmaInfo));
String id = null;
c.moveToFirst();
do {
if (c.getInt(5) == 1) {
id = c.getString(1);
}
} while (c.moveToNext() && id == null);
Log.println(Log.ASSERT, TAG, "AbstractDao: pk is: " + id);
The explanation is that:
A) PRAGMA table_info returns a cursor with various indices, the response is atleast of length 6... didnt check more...
B) index 1 has the column name.
C) index 5 has the "pk" value, either 0 if it is not a primary key, or 1 if its a pk.
You can define more than one pk so this will not bring an accurate result if your table has more than one (IMHO more than one is bad design and balloons the complexity of the database beyond human comprehension).
So how will this fit into the #Dao? (you may ask...)
When making the Dao "abstract" you have access to a default constructor which has the database in it:
from the docummentation:
An abstract #Dao class can optionally have a constructor that takes a Database as its only parameter.
this is the constructor that will grant you access to the query.
There is a catch though...
You may use the Dao during a database creation with the .addCallback() method:
instance = Room.databaseBuilder(context.getApplicationContext(),
AppDatabase2.class, "database")
.addCallback(
//You may use the Daos here.
)
.build();
If you run a query in the constructor of the Dao, the database will enter a feedback loop of infinite instantiation.
This means that the query MUST be used LAZILY (just at the moment the user needs something), and because the value will never change, it can be stored. and never re-queried.
I saw this post Linq int to string, and tried it
var personalInfoQuery = from t in crnnsupContext.Tombstones
join i in crnnsupContext.InitialEducations on t.InitialEducation equals SqlFunctions.StringConvert((double)i.InitalEducationID)
where t.RegNumber == 25952
select new CPersonalInfo
{
Tombstone = t,
InitialEducation = i
};
in the database t.InitialEducation is char, i.InitalEducationID is int, but the retrieved result is null. I am pretty sure the value is not empty in the SQL server. So I think the problem is SqlFunctions.StringConvert((double)i.InitalEducationID)
when i remove the join statement, it got this person's information.
Does anyone know why. thanks
Finally find the reason!!
t.InitialEducation is nvarchar(1) in the database, i.InitalEducationID is int, after I modified to SqlFunctions.StringConvert((double)i.InitialEducationID, 1) it works!
"1" is the length of the returned string, the default length is 10, I guess there are some extra space.
Since you're using the SqlFunctions.StringConvert method, I'm assuming you're using EF as the underlying LINQ provider, no?
From the information given, it would appear that you're looking to do a 1 to many join on those properties. The code you've written could coalesce (not enough info on the context to be certain) as an INNER JOIN in SQL, so to force the LEFT JOIN behavior, you can add a .DefaultIfEmpty() call:
crnnsupContext.InitialEducations.DefaultIfEmpty()
Sorry for this simple question .
I have a Stored Procedure that return an int value , I'm trying to call this sp from my asp.net linq to sql project .
int currentRating = db.sproc_GetAverageByPageId(pageId);
But i get this error :
Cannot implicitly convert type `'System.Data.Linq.ISingleResult<PsychoDataLayer.sproc_GetAverageByPageId> to 'int' .`
Edit 1
The solution that friends implied didn't work . All the time it return 0
For more information i put my stored procedure here :
ALTER procedure [dbo].[sproc_GetAverageByPageId](
#PageId int )
as
select (select sum(score) from votes where pageId = #PageId)/(select count(*) from votes where pageId=#PageId)
You should inspect the ReturnValue property.
Perhaps the following works better?
int currentRating = (int)db.sproc_GetAverageByPageId(pageId).ReturnValue;
Update: since your stored proc returns a resultset instead of using a return statement the actual data will be available as an element in the enumerable returned by db.sproc_GetAverageByPageId(pageId). If you inspect the ISingleResult<T> type, you'll see that it inherits IEnumerable<T> which indicates that you can enumerate the object to get to the data, each element being of type T.
Since the sproc does a SELECT SUM(*) ... we can count on the resultset to always contain one row. Thus, the following code will give you the first (and only) element in the collection:
var sumRow = db.sproc_GetAverageByPageId(pageId).Single();
Now, the type of sumRow will be T from the interface definition, which in your case is PsychoDataLayer.sproc_GetAverageByPageId. This type hopefully contains a property that contains the actual value you are after.
Perhaps you can share with us the layout of the PsychoDataLayer.sproc_GetAverageByPageId type?
Looks like you're actually after the ReturnValue. You may need to cast it to System.Data.Linq.ISingleResult if it isn't already, then cast ReturnValueto int.
This is actually returning an ISingleResult
int currentRating = (int) db.sproc_GetAverageByPageId(pageId).ReturnValue;
Change your sp to :
ALTER procedure [dbo].[sproc_GetAverageByPageId](
#PageId int )
as
return (select sum(score) from votes where pageId = #PageId)/(select count(*) from votes where pageId=#PageId)
one more thing you can do:
ALTER procedure [dbo].[sproc_GetAverageByPageId](#PageId int ) as
select (select sum(score) from votes where pageId = #PageId)/(SELECT * FROM votes where pageId=#PageId)
WRITE >>
"select * From"<< instead of "select Count(*)"
select (select sum(score) from votes where pageId = #PageId)/(SELECT * FROM votes where pageId=#PageId)
and after that:
int currentRating = (int)db.sproc_GetAverageByPageId(pageId).count();
How do I, reliably, check in SQLite, whether a particular user table exists?
I am not asking for unreliable ways like checking if a "select *" on the table returned an error or not (is this even a good idea?).
The reason is like this:
In my program, I need to create and then populate some tables if they do not exist already.
If they do already exist, I need to update some tables.
Should I take some other path instead to signal that the tables in question have already been created - say for example, by creating/putting/setting a certain flag in my program initialization/settings file on disk or something?
Or does my approach make sense?
I missed that FAQ entry.
Anyway, for future reference, the complete query is:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='{table_name}';
Where {table_name} is the name of the table to check.
Documentation section for reference: Database File Format. 2.6. Storage Of The SQL Database Schema
This will return a list of tables with the name specified; that is, the cursor will have a count of 0 (does not exist) or a count of 1 (does exist)
If you're using SQLite version 3.3+ you can easily create a table with:
create table if not exists TableName (col1 typ1, ..., colN typN)
In the same way, you can remove a table only if it exists by using:
drop table if exists TableName
A variation would be to use SELECT COUNT(*) instead of SELECT NAME, i.e.
SELECT count(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='table_name';
This will return 0, if the table doesn't exist, 1 if it does. This is probably useful in your programming since a numerical result is quicker / easier to process. The following illustrates how you would do this in Android using SQLiteDatabase, Cursor, rawQuery with parameters.
boolean tableExists(SQLiteDatabase db, String tableName)
{
if (tableName == null || db == null || !db.isOpen())
{
return false;
}
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(
"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = ? AND name = ?",
new String[] {"table", tableName}
);
if (!cursor.moveToFirst())
{
cursor.close();
return false;
}
int count = cursor.getInt(0);
cursor.close();
return count > 0;
}
You could try:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE name='table_name'
See (7) How do I list all tables/indices contained in an SQLite database in the SQLite FAQ:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master
WHERE type='table'
ORDER BY name;
Use:
PRAGMA table_info(your_table_name)
If the resulting table is empty then your_table_name doesn't exist.
Documentation:
PRAGMA schema.table_info(table-name);
This pragma returns one row for each column in the named table. Columns in the result set include the column name, data type, whether or not the column can be NULL, and the default value for the column. The "pk" column in the result set is zero for columns that are not part of the primary key, and is the index of the column in the primary key for columns that are part of the primary key.
The table named in the table_info pragma can also be a view.
Example output:
cid|name|type|notnull|dflt_value|pk
0|id|INTEGER|0||1
1|json|JSON|0||0
2|name|TEXT|0||0
SQLite table names are case insensitive, but comparison is case sensitive by default. To make this work properly in all cases you need to add COLLATE NOCASE.
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='table_name' COLLATE NOCASE
If you are getting a "table already exists" error, make changes in the SQL string as below:
CREATE table IF NOT EXISTS table_name (para1,para2);
This way you can avoid the exceptions.
If you're using fmdb, I think you can just import FMDatabaseAdditions and use the bool function:
[yourfmdbDatabase tableExists:tableName].
The following code returns 1 if the table exists or 0 if the table does not exist.
SELECT CASE WHEN tbl_name = "name" THEN 1 ELSE 0 END FROM sqlite_master WHERE tbl_name = "name" AND type = "table"
Note that to check whether a table exists in the TEMP database, you must use sqlite_temp_master instead of sqlite_master:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_temp_master WHERE type='table' AND name='table_name';
Here's the function that I used:
Given an SQLDatabase Object = db
public boolean exists(String table) {
try {
db.query("SELECT * FROM " + table);
return true;
} catch (SQLException e) {
return false;
}
}
Use this code:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='yourTableName';
If the returned array count is equal to 1 it means the table exists. Otherwise it does not exist.
class CPhoenixDatabase():
def __init__(self, dbname):
self.dbname = dbname
self.conn = sqlite3.connect(dbname)
def is_table(self, table_name):
""" This method seems to be working now"""
query = "SELECT name from sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='{" + table_name + "}';"
cursor = self.conn.execute(query)
result = cursor.fetchone()
if result == None:
return False
else:
return True
Note: This is working now on my Mac with Python 3.7.1
You can write the following query to check the table existance.
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE name='table_name'
Here 'table_name' is your table name what you created. For example
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS country(country_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, country_code TEXT, country_name TEXT)"
and check
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE name='country'
Use
SELECT 1 FROM table LIMIT 1;
to prevent all records from being read.
Using a simple SELECT query is - in my opinion - quite reliable. Most of all it can check table existence in many different database types (SQLite / MySQL).
SELECT 1 FROM table;
It makes sense when you can use other reliable mechanism for determining if the query succeeded (for example, you query a database via QSqlQuery in Qt).
The most reliable way I have found in C# right now, using the latest sqlite-net-pcl nuget package (1.5.231) which is using SQLite 3, is as follows:
var result = database.GetTableInfo(tableName);
if ((result == null) || (result.Count == 0))
{
database.CreateTable<T>(CreateFlags.AllImplicit);
}
The function dbExistsTable() from R DBI package simplifies this problem for R programmers. See the example below:
library(DBI)
con <- dbConnect(RSQLite::SQLite(), ":memory:")
# let us check if table iris exists in the database
dbExistsTable(con, "iris")
### returns FALSE
# now let us create the table iris below,
dbCreateTable(con, "iris", iris)
# Again let us check if the table iris exists in the database,
dbExistsTable(con, "iris")
### returns TRUE
I thought I'd put my 2 cents to this discussion, even if it's rather old one..
This query returns scalar 1 if the table exists and 0 otherwise.
select
case when exists
(select 1 from sqlite_master WHERE type='table' and name = 'your_table')
then 1
else 0
end as TableExists
My preferred approach:
SELECT "name" FROM pragma_table_info("table_name") LIMIT 1;
If you get a row result, the table exists. This is better (for me) then checking with sqlite_master, as it will also check attached and temp databases.
This is my code for SQLite Cordova:
get_columnNames('LastUpdate', function (data) {
if (data.length > 0) { // In data you also have columnNames
console.log("Table full");
}
else {
console.log("Table empty");
}
});
And the other one:
function get_columnNames(tableName, callback) {
myDb.transaction(function (transaction) {
var query_exec = "SELECT name, sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name ='" + tableName + "'";
transaction.executeSql(query_exec, [], function (tx, results) {
var columnNames = [];
var len = results.rows.length;
if (len>0){
var columnParts = results.rows.item(0).sql.replace(/^[^\(]+\(([^\)]+)\)/g, '$1').split(','); ///// RegEx
for (i in columnParts) {
if (typeof columnParts[i] === 'string')
columnNames.push(columnParts[i].split(" ")[0]);
};
callback(columnNames);
}
else callback(columnNames);
});
});
}
Table exists or not in database in swift
func tableExists(_ tableName:String) -> Bool {
sqlStatement = "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='\(tableName)'"
if sqlite3_prepare_v2(database, sqlStatement,-1, &compiledStatement, nil) == SQLITE_OK {
if sqlite3_step(compiledStatement) == SQLITE_ROW {
return true
}
else {
return false
}
}
else {
return false
}
sqlite3_finalize(compiledStatement)
}
c++ function checks db and all attached databases for existance of table and (optionally) column.
bool exists(sqlite3 *db, string tbl, string col="1")
{
sqlite3_stmt *stmt;
bool b = sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, ("select "+col+" from "+tbl).c_str(),
-1, &stmt, 0) == SQLITE_OK;
sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
return b;
}
Edit: Recently discovered the sqlite3_table_column_metadata function. Hence
bool exists(sqlite3* db,const char *tbl,const char *col=0)
{return sqlite3_table_column_metadata(db,0,tbl,col,0,0,0,0,0)==SQLITE_OK;}
You can also use db metadata to check if the table exists.
DatabaseMetaData md = connection.getMetaData();
ResultSet resultSet = md.getTables(null, null, tableName, null);
if (resultSet.next()) {
return true;
}
If you are running it with the python file and using sqlite3 obviously. Open command prompt or bash whatever you are using use
python3 file_name.py first in which your sql code is written.
Then Run sqlite3 file_name.db.
.table this command will give tables if they exist.
I wanted to add on Diego Vélez answer regarding the PRAGMA statement.
From https://sqlite.org/pragma.html we get some useful functions that can can return information about our database.
Here I quote the following:
For example, information about the columns in an index can be read using the index_info pragma as follows:
PRAGMA index_info('idx52');
Or, the same content can be read using:
SELECT * FROM pragma_index_info('idx52');
The advantage of the table-valued function format is that the query can return just a subset of the PRAGMA columns, can include a WHERE clause, can use aggregate functions, and the table-valued function can be just one of several data sources in a join...
Diego's answer gave PRAGMA table_info(table_name) like an option, but this won't be of much use in your other queries.
So, to answer the OPs question and to improve Diegos answer, you can do
SELECT * FROM pragma_table_info('table_name');
or even better,
SELECT name FROM pragma_table_list('table_name');
if you want to mimic PoorLuzers top-voted answer.
If you deal with Big Table, I made a simple hack with Python and Sqlite and you can make the similar idea with any other language
Step 1: Don't use (if not exists) in your create table command
you may know that this if you run this command that will have an exception if you already created the table before, and want to create it again, but this will lead us to the 2nd step.
Step 2: use try and except (or try and catch for other languages) to handle the last exception
here if you didn't create the table before, the try case will continue, but if you already did, you can put do your process at except case and you will know that you already created the table.
Here is the code:
def create_table():
con = sqlite3.connect("lists.db")
cur = con.cursor()
try:
cur.execute('''CREATE TABLE UNSELECTED(
ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY)''')
print('the table is created Now')
except sqlite3.OperationalError:
print('you already created the table before')
con.commit()
cur.close()
You can use a simple way, i use this method in C# and Xamarin,
public class LoginService : ILoginService
{
private SQLiteConnection dbconn;
}
in login service class, i have many methods for acces to the data in sqlite, i stored the data into a table, and the login page
it only shows when the user is not logged in.
for this purpose I only need to know if the table exists, in this case if it exists it is because it has data
public int ExisteSesion()
{
var rs = dbconn.GetTableInfo("Sesion");
return rs.Count;
}
if the table does not exist, it only returns a 0, if the table exists it is because it has data and it returns the total number of rows it has.
In the model I have specified the name that the table must receive to ensure its correct operation.
[Table("Sesion")]
public class Sesion
{
[PrimaryKey]
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Token { get; set; }
public string Usuario { get; set; }
}
Look into the "try - throw - catch" construct in C++. Most other programming languages have a similar construct for handling errors.