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Re: count/insert vs insert

Posted By: Cesar Inacio Martins
Date: Thursday, 22 September 2011, at 7:15 a.m.

In Response To: Re: count/insert vs insert (John Miller iii)

Hi John, Hi Art,

At this moment I considering only insert , not update over the data...
The situation is : if not exists... insert , any else, go to next case...

On 21/9/2011 20:19, John Miller iii wrote:
> If the rows are already in a table then you can
> consider using the MERGE statement.
>
> The use of the MERE statement does not
> accept host variables, but you can
> EXECUTE IMMEDIATE with constants.
> See example below.
>
> create table t1( c1 char(20), c2 char(20), c3 char(20) );
> MERGE
> INTO t1 AS t
> USING ( select "JOHN", "miller" ,"III" FROM sysmaster:sysdual) as s
> (col1,col2,col3)
> ON t.c1 = s.col1
> WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE
>
> SET t.c2 = s.col2
> WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT
>
> (t.c1, t.c2, t.c3)
>
> VALUES
>
> (s.col1, s.col2,s.col3);
>
> John F. Miller III
> STSM, Embedability Architect
> miller3@us.ibm.com
> 503-578-5645
> IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)
>
> ids-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 09/21/2011 03:49:01 PM:
>
>> From: "Art Kagel"<art.kagel@gmail.com>
>> To: ids@iiug.org
>> Date: 09/21/2011 03:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: count/insert vs insert [24990]
>> Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org
>>
>> If you will be updating the row if it exists and inserting it if it does
>> not, the best, ie cheapest, way to approach it is to try the update
> first.
>> If zero rows are updated (check the # of rows affected value in
>> sqlca.sqlerrd[3] in 4GL or sqlca.sqlerrd[2] in ESQL/C since it is not an
>> error to update zero rows) then perform the insert. Failed updates are
>> expensive because, as you have surmised, the uniqueness constraints (UK,
> &
>> PK as well as unique indexes) are checked only after the row has been
>> inserted on a page and all of the indexes have been updated. At that
> point
>> a violation will cause all of that to be rolled back.
>>
>> The rule of thumb I use with much success is:
>>
>> - if fewer than 70% of the attempted rows will end up being inserts than
>>
>> trying the update first will produce the most efficient code.
>>
>> - If more than 70% of the attempts will result in an insert then try the
>>
>> insert first because the lower incidence of the higher cost balances out.
>> Trying a select first to see if the row is there is the least efficient
> way
>> to do this in any case.
>>
>> Art
>>
>> Art S. Kagel
>> Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)
>> Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions
> and
>> do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any
> other
>> organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or
> by
>> inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals
>> affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the
>> entities themselves.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Cesar Inacio Martins<
>> cesar_inacio_martins@yahoo.com.br> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I already see here some recommendations when execute an insert , if
>>> should check before or not if the record exists or if better check if
>>> occur some constraint error (unique index/PK).
>>>
>>> As far I remember , the better way on most of the cases, is try insert
>>> and than check if was occur successfully.
>>> I executed a few tests and have 3 doubts. Please follow the tests
> bellow.
>>> (ifx 11.50 fc8 aix , 4gl 7.32)
>>>
>>> After write a little code using 4GL and executing 5 times :
>>> 1) execute just an insert for a record what don't exists on the table.
>>> (the insert occur successful)
>>>
>>> sesid 7396
>>> 2) execute a "select first 1 1 from table" + if sqlca.sqlcode =
>>> notfound, than execute the insert (the insert occur successful because
>>> the record don't exists)
>>>
>>> sesid 7409
>>> 3) execute just an insert for a record where the unique key (not PK)
>>> already exists (the program abend with error -239)
>>>
>>> sesid 7412
>>> 4) execute a "select first 1 1 from table" + if sqlca.sqlcode =
>>> notfound, so the insert wasn't executed because the record already
> exists
>>> sesid 7421
>>> 5) execute just an insert for a record where the PK already exists (the
>>> program abend with error -268)
>>>
>>> sesid 7470
>>>
>>> (I add a PK over the UK)
>>>
>>> The result what I got appear to confirm, using just the insert is
> better
>>> and check later if occur some error.
>>> And appear be better if use PK instead only UK.
>>> This outputs I gather from sys* , saving at sysdbclose...
>>>
>>> sesid lockreqs lockwts logrecs maxlog_kb isreads iswrites isrewrites
>>> isdeletes iscommits seqscans total_sorts cpu_time
>>> 7396 928 0 6 0.56 664 51 0 0 1 3 0
>>> 0.73029
>>> 7409 867 0 6 0.56 636 51 0 0 1 3 0
>>> 0.95809
>>> 7412 854 0 8 0.61 644 52 0 0 0 3 0
>>> 0.61418
>>> 7421 888 0 0 0.00 660 51 0 0 0 3 0
>>> 0.8001
>>> 7470 1042 0 10 0.74 718 50 0 0 0 3 0
>>> 0.07048
>>>
>>> The fields what I pay attention: logrecs, maxlog_kb, iscommits,
> cpu_time
>>> sesid logrecs maxlog_kb iscommits cpu_time
>>> 7396 6 0.56 1 0.73029
>>> 7409 6 0.56 1 0.95809
>>> 7412 8 0.61 0 0.61418
>>> 7421 0 0.00 0 0.8001
>>> 7470 10 0.74 0 0.07048
>>>
>>> What caught my attention is the use of logical log records and the
>>> little cpu_time when the table have a PK instead only the UK.
>>>
>>> My Doubts
>>> 1)On the session 7412 , where run the insert and check for errors
>>> after(UK violated). I strange the grown of logical log record.
>>> Checking the logs (with onlog) I see the engine adding the 2 others
>>> index (ADDITEM) before add the UK index and then abend with error.
>>> Should be better the engine always insert first the UK constraints , to
>>> avoid the ADDITEM and the rollback of each one if occur a violation on
>>> the constraint?
>>>
>>> 2) On this situation (sesid 7412), where the CPU consumption is instead
>>> check before if the record exists (sesid 7421) and having more logical
>>> log records... this way still better way to work ? considering the
> using
>>> of logical log x cpu_time (looking at this isolate context,
> test-by-test)
>>> 3) On sesid 7470, where I add a PK to table, the engine appear have the
>>> same behave of UK , adding each index of the table before the UK/PK
>>> (onlog/ADDITEM) and then abending with -268 error. How could be the
>>> engine consume 10 times less CPU of the database!???
>>>
>>> Cesar
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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