Do Compiled Queries Cache? - asp.net

Much of my application uses complied queries to retrieve data. In these queries I'll often refer to the current user. I'm noticing that if a user, B, logs in after another user, A, then user B will see user A's information.
I have queries much like this all through out the application
public static Func<DataContext, MyRecord> CurrentUserRecords =
CompiledQuery.Compile<DataContext, MyRecord>(
(DataContext db) =>
(from r in db.MyRecords
where
r.User == User.Current
select r).SingleOrDefault());
User.Current is a static property that changes depending on who's logged in.
public static User Current
{
get { return MyBase<User>.Get((int)(HttpContext.Current.Session["CurrentUserID"] ?? 0)); }
}
When I login for the first time with User A, the above compiled query returns User A's records. It follows that User.Current also returns the proper reference to User A. However, when I log in as User B, the above compiled query still returns User A's records, despite the fact that User.Current is returning a reference to User B.
I ran Profiler for SQL Server, and noticed when the compiled query was executed the generated TSQL referenced User A's ID both times.
So my question is this:
Do compiled queries somehow cache?
If so, what is there life span, and can I control it?
Is referencing a "current user" in a compiled query bad design for an ASP.net application?
Thanks all!

You need to allow a string parameter in the compiled query. Otherwise it will resolve the string's value during .Compile(). Try this:
public static Func<DataContext, string, MyRecord> UserRecordByParam =
CompiledQuery.Compile<DataContext, string, MyRecord>
(
(DataContext db, string UserName) =>
db.MyRecords.Where( r => r.User == UserName ).SingleOrDefault()
);
public static Func<DataContext, MyRecord> CurrentUserRecord =
(DataContext db) => UserRecordByParam(db, User.Current);

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SpringJPAData: data not refreshed after update

I am updating a field in LOGIN object by using #Query in UserRepository, then imminently do a find to select the login object, the data is not refreshed. I do see the updated record in the database. If I bounce my tomcat server, go to the page on my browser, i will see the refreshed data.
As shown below, I updated LOGIN.enabled to 1 (updateUserLoginEnableByUuid()) then call findByLoginLoginEmail(), the LOGIN.enable is still showing as 0.
It seems like the old record is still cached somewhere, what am I missing?
in UserConroller.java:
#RequestMapping(value = "/user/enableUser/{userUuid}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
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this.caService.updateUserLoginEnableByUuid(userUuid, (byte) 1);
aaStatus.setComplete();
return "redirect:/login";
}
in userRepository.java,
#Modifying // Indicates a method should be regarded as modifying query.
#Query("update Login l SET l.enabled = :enabled WHERE l.user.uuid = :uuid")
int updateUserLoginEnableByUuid(#Param("uuid") String uuid, #Param("enabled") byte enabled);
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when you're doing DML or SQL queries, which completely bypass the entity manager cache (as in your example). In this case, the state held by the cache doesn't reflect what is in the database because of the queries
To achieve update you need to clear entitymanager cache after you execute the update query to reflect those changes in database.
You can access entitymanager as #PersistenceContext private EntityManager em; and then execute em.clear(); after update query.

Changing website according to subdomain

I have a website written in ASP.NET.
I would like to add subdomains of states. such as nevada.mysite.com.
However, I'd like my whole site to be custom made for that subdomain.
That is, I'd like to capture in each page which subdomain context I am and show different things.
I do not want to seperate to different websites. I want them all to reside in the same website in the IIS
what is the best and proper way of handling such issue?
where do you suggest to hold and save the global variable of the state?
Thanks!
First, have all of your subdomains point to a single IP address in DNS.
Next, configure IIS to listen for all connections on that IP (don't specify a host name)
Then write an HttpModule (or perhaps use Global.asax) with a handler for the BeginRequest event. Extract the subdomain name from the incoming URL, and store it in HttpContext.Items["state"] (the Items Dictionary is unique per request).
This is a great question. I've done this before except I didn't use sub domains, I used different URL's, but they still used the same code and database. I wanted a way to integrate this a bit more tightly with my LINQ to SQL code without having to type in where clauses on each one. Here's what I did:
public static IEnumerable<T> GetDataByDomain<T>(
IQueryable<T> src) where T:IDbColumn
{
//1 == website1
//2 == website2
//3 == both
string url = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Host;
int i = url == "localhost"
|| url == "website1.com"
|| url == "www.website1.com" ? 1 : 2;
return src.Where(x => x.domainID == i|| x.domainID == 3);
}
Basically when querying a table with LINQ to SQL I have my own custom where clause.
Used like so:
using (var db = new MyDataContext())
{
var items = Utility.GetDataByDomain(db.GetTable<Item>()).Where(x => x.isVisible);
}
Finally in each table where I had data that needed to be specified for one web site or both I added a column that took a value of 1,2 or 3(both). Additionally in my LINQ data context I made a partial class and referenced my interface:
public partial class Item : Utility.IDbColumn
{
}
The reason we need the following interface is because the first method takes an unknown type so obviously I can't select a property from an unknown type unless I tell it that any type I pass to it relies on an interface which contains that property.
Interface:
public interface IDbColumn
{
int domainID { get; set; }
}
It's kind of an interesting system, probably could have done it in many different ways. Built it a while ago and it works great.

ASP.NET Object Caching in a Class

I'm trying to create a Caching Class to cache some objects from my pages. The purpose is to use the Caching system of the ASP.NET framework but to abstract it to separate class.
It seems that the caching doesn't persist.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong here? Is it possible at all to cache object out side the Page it self?
EDIT: added the code:
Insert to cache
Cache c = new Cache();
c.Insert(userid.ToString(), DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(length), null, DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(length), Cache.NoSlidingExpiration,CacheItemPriority.High,null);
Get from the cache
DateTime expDeath = (DateTime)c.Get(userid.ToString())
I get null on the c.Get, even after I did have the key.
The code is in a different class than the page itself (the page uses it)
Thanks.
There are numerous ways you can store objects in ASP.NET
Page-level items -> Properties/Fields on the page which can live for the lifetime of the page lifecycle in the request.
ViewState -> Store items in serialised Base64 format which is persisted through requests using PostBack. Controls (including the page itself - it is a control) can preserve their previous state by loading it from ViewState. This gives the idea of ASP.NET pages as stateful.
HttpContext.Items -> A dictionary of items to store for the lifetime of the request.
Session -> Provides caching over multiple requests through session. The session cache mechanism actually supports multiple different modes.
InProc - Items are stored by the current process, which means should the process terminate/recycle, the session data is lost.
SqlServer - Items are serialised and stored in a SQL server database. Items must be serialisable.
StateServer - Items are serialised and stored in a separate process, the StateServer process. As with SqlServer, items must be serialisable.
Runtime - Items stored in the runtime cache will remain for the lifetime of the current application. Should the applciation get recycled/stop, the items will be lost.
What type of data are you trying to store, and how do you believe it must be persisted?
Right at the beginning of last year I wrote a blog post on a caching framework I had been writing, which allows me to do stuff like:
// Get the user.
public IUser GetUser(string username)
{
// Check the cache to find the appropriate user, if the user hasn't been loaded
// then call GetUserInternal to load the user and store in the cache for future requests.
return Cache<IUser>.Fetch(username, GetUserInternal);
}
// Get the actual implementation of the user.
private IUser GetUserInternal(string username)
{
return new User(username);
}
That was nearly a year ago, and it has been evolved a bit since then, you can read my blog post about it, let me know if thats of any use.
Your cache reference needs to be accessible to all items in your code - the same reference.
If you are newing up the Cache class every time, you are doing it wrong.
I have done almost the same things, but with a different code (and it work for me) :
(CacheKeys is an enum)
using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.IO;
public static void SetCacheValue<T>(CacheKeys key, T value)
{
RemoveCacheItem(key);
HttpRuntime.Cache.Insert(key.ToString(), value, null,
DateTime.UtcNow.AddYears(1),
System.Web.Caching.Cache.NoSlidingExpiration);
}
public static void SetCacheValue<T>(CacheKeys key, T value, DateTime expiration)
{
HttpRuntime.Cache.Insert(key.ToString(), value, null,
expiration,
System.Web.Caching.Cache.NoSlidingExpiration);
}
public static void SetCacheValue<T>(CacheKeys key, T value, TimeSpan slidingExpiration)
{
HttpRuntime.Cache.Insert(key.ToString(), value, null,
System.Web.Caching.Cache.NoAbsoluteExpiration,
slidingExpiration);
}
public static T GetCacheValue<T>(CacheKeys key)
{
try
{
T value = (T)HttpRuntime.Cache.Get(key.ToString());
if (value == null)
return default(T);
else
return value;
}
catch (NullReferenceException)
{
return default(T);
}
}

Access SQLite from different processes

I'm developing an application that uses SQLite as the primary data storage method. I have two processes running for my app using an alternate entry point.
I need to access the same DB from the two different processes but as we all now SQLite is not like a server DB engine, it can only be accessed once at a time.
I wanted to know if there is a way to kind of "lock" the DB when it's being accessed by other process so that if the second process tries to acces the DB at the same time, it would wait until the first process finishes and then try to access it again.
How can this issue be treated?
If you have not already, create a class that abstracts your database access out and store it in the RuntimeStore. From wherever you are going to interface with SQLite, get a reference to that class using the GUID you stored it with (RuntimeStore.get(long)) and synchronize the class however you would normally (member object lock, synchronized methods).
Do NOT just use the Wikipedia style singleton pattern as it is not a true singleton across processes on this platform.
See:
http://www.blackberry.com/developers/docs/5.0.0api/net/rim/device/api/system/RuntimeStore.html
Sample:
class SQLManager {
private static long GUID = 0xa178d3ce564cae69L; // hash of com.stackoverflow.SQLManager
private SQLManager() {
// ctor stuff here
}
public static SQLManager getInstance() {
RuntimeStore rs = RuntimeStore.getRuntimeStore();
SQLManager instance = rs.get(GUID);
if (instance == null) {
instance = new SQLManager();
rs.put(GUID, instance);
}
return instance;
}
}
You're still using the singleton "pattern" per se, but you're storing the object instance in the RuntimeStore on first getInstance call, and subsequently pulling it form the RuntimeStore - using a GUID that you specify.

ASP.NET SQL Profile Provider - Does the ProfileBase.Create() method hit DB?

I am working with the SQLMemebershipProvider and using Profiles. I have a custom class called UserProfile that inherits from the ProfileBase class and I use this to set custom properties like "FullName". I am wanting to loop through all the users in the database and get access to their profile properties. On each iteration I am calling ProfileBase.Create() to get a new profile and then access the properties.
It looks to me like every time ProfileBase.Create() is called it hits my SQL database. But I am just looking for confirmation of this. So, does anyone know if this does in fact hit the DB each time?
And better yet, does anyone have a better solution of how I could make one call to the DB to get all users with their custom profile attributes?
I know I could write my own stored proc, but I am wondering if there is a way built in to the Membership Provider.
Mike, I believe what you observed is true. I am working with a ProfileProvider that uses Azure TableStorage as data store. I wanted to get a list of user profiles from database and merge them with information from membership provider.
It took some time until I realized that calling ProfileBase.Create() with a username as argument performs a lookup against TableStorage and actually retrieves the data associated with that username. As far as I'm concerned, calling this method Create() is misleading, I would expect Load() or Get().
Currently my code looks like this:
public IEnumerable<AggregatedUser> GetAllAggregatedUsers()
{
ProfileInfoCollection allProfiles = this.GetAllUsersCore(
ProfileManager.GetAllProfiles(ProfileAuthenticationOption.All)
);
//AggregatedUser is simply a custom Class that holds all the properties (Email, FirstName) that are being used
var allUsers = new List<AggregatedUser>();
AggregatedUser currentUser = null;
MembershipUser currentMember = null;
foreach (ProfileInfo profile in allProfiles)
{
currentUser = null;
// Fetch profile information from profile store
ProfileBase webProfile = ProfileBase.Create(profile.UserName);
// Fetch core information from membership store
currentMember = Membership.FindUsersByName(profile.UserName)[profile.UserName];
if (currentMember == null)
continue;
currentUser = new AggregatedUser();
currentUser.Email = currentMember.Email;
currentUser.FirstName = GetStringValue(webProfile, "FirstName");
currentUser.LastName = GetStringValue(webProfile, "LastName");
currentUser.Roles = Roles.GetRolesForUser(profile.UserName);
currentUser.Username = profile.UserName;
allUsers.Add(currentUser);
}
return allUsers;
}
private String GetStringValue(ProfileBase profile, String valueName)
{
if (profile == null)
return String.Empty;
var propValue = profile.PropertyValues[valueName];
if (propValue == null)
return String.Empty;
return propValue.PropertyValue as String;
}
Is there a better (more straightforward, more performant) way to
retrieve all the custom profile information from profile provider and
merge them with membership provider info to show them e.g. in an administrator page?
I have had a look at Web Profile Builder but IMO this only provides design-time intellisense for custom profile properties by generating a proxy class.
You don't persist to the database until you call Save:
The Save method writes modified
profile property values to the data
source. The profile provider can
reduce the amount of activity at the
data source by performing updates only
when the IsDirty property is set to
true. This is the case for the default
SqlProfileProvider.

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