Linq to SQL assistance with joins - c#

Please can you help me translate the following SQL query into LINQ
Its mainly the joins that i am having issues with.
The result will be LINQ to SQL code which gets executed.
many thanks
SELECT * FROM unit INNER JOIN
unit_measurement_total ON unit.prime_measurement_uri = unit_measurement_total.uri RIGHT OUTER JOIN
property_expense_schedule
INNER JOIN
unit_apportionment ON property_expense_schedule.uri = unit_apportionment.property_expense_schedule_uri
INNER JOIN
unit_apportionment_date ON unit_apportionment.uri = unit_apportionment_date.unit_apportionment_uri ON
unit_measurement_total.property_ref = unit_apportionment.property_ref
WHERE (property_expense_schedule.property_ref = ...)
This is the LINQ I have at the moment, but its not generating the same results as the SQL query. So i am going wrong with the joins and the right outer joins.
var query = (from units in context.units
join unitmestot in context.unit_measurement_total on units.prime_measurement_uri equals unitmestot.uri
from pes in context.property_expense_schedule
join unitapp in context.unit_apportionment on new { A = pes.uri, B = unitmestot.property_ref, C = unitmestot.unit_ref } equals new { A = unitapp.property_expense_schedule_uri, B = unitapp.property_ref, C = unitapp.unit_ref}
join unitappdate in context.unit_apportionment_date on unitapp.uri equals unitappdate.unit_apportionment_uri
select new Apportionment()
{
PropertyRef = units.property_ref.ToString(),
ScheduleName = pes.name,
ScheduleRef = pes.#ref.ToString(),
PropertyExpenseScheduleUri = pes.uri,
UnitRef = units.#ref.ToString(),
UnitName = "(" + units.#ref.ToString() + ")" + units.name,
ObseleteUnit = units.obsolete_unit,
ApportionmentPercentage = unitappdate.apportionment_percentage,
ToDate = unitappdate.to_date,
MeasurementBasis = unitmestot.measurement_basis,
MeasuredIn = unitmestot.measured_in,
MeasurementImperialTotal = unitmestot.measurement_imperial_total,
MeasurementMetricTotal = unitmestot.measurement_metric_total
}).Where(filter);
the latest code you supplied generates the following SQL and returns 0 rows.
SELECT [Extent1].[uri] AS [uri], CASE WHEN ([Join3].[property_ref1] IS NULL) THEN N'' ELSE CAST( [Join3].[property_ref1] AS nvarchar(max)) END AS [C1], [Extent3].[name] AS [name], CAST( [Extent3].[ref] AS nvarchar(max)) AS [C2], [Extent3].[uri] AS [uri1], CASE WHEN ([Join3].[ref] IS NULL) THEN N'' ELSE CAST( [Join3].[ref] AS nvarchar(max)) END AS [C3], N'(' + CASE WHEN (CASE WHEN ([Join3].[ref] IS NULL) THEN N'' ELSE CAST( [Join3].[ref] AS nvarchar(max)) END IS NULL) THEN N'' WHEN ([Join3].[ref] IS NULL) THEN N'' ELSE CAST( [Join3].[ref] AS nvarchar(max)) END + N')' + CASE WHEN ([Join3].[name] IS NULL) THEN N'' ELSE [Join3].[name] END AS [C4], [Join3].[obsolete_unit] AS [obsolete_unit], [Extent2].[apportionment_percentage] AS [apportionment_percentage], [Extent2].[to_date] AS [to_date], CASE WHEN ([Join3].[measurement_basis] IS NULL) THEN N'' ELSE [Join3].[measurement_basis] END AS [C5], CASE WHEN ([Join3].[measured_in] IS NULL) THEN N'' ELSE [Join3].[measured_in] END AS [C6], [Join3].[measurement_imperial_total] AS [measurement_imperial_total], [Join3].[measurement_metric_total] AS [measurement_metric_total] FROM [tramps].[unit_apportionment] AS [Extent1] INNER JOIN [tramps].[unit_apportionment_date] AS [Extent2] ON [Extent1].[uri] = [Extent2].[unit_apportionment_uri] INNER JOIN [tramps].[property_expense_schedule] AS [Extent3] ON [Extent1].[property_expense_schedule_uri] = [Extent3].[uri] LEFT OUTER JOIN (SELECT [Extent4].[property_ref] AS [property_ref2], [Extent4].[measurement_basis] AS [measurement_basis], [Extent4].[measured_in] AS [measured_in], [Extent4].[measurement_imperial_total] AS [measurement_imperial_total], [Extent4].[measurement_metric_total] AS [measurement_metric_total], [Extent5].[property_ref] AS [property_ref1], [Extent5].[ref] AS [ref], [Extent5].[name] AS [name], [Extent5].[obsolete_unit] AS [obsolete_unit] FROM [tramps].[unit_measurement_total] AS [Extent4] INNER JOIN [tramps].[unit] AS [Extent5] ON [Extent4].[uri] = [Extent5].[prime_measurement_uri] ) AS [Join3] ON [Extent1].[property_ref] = [Join3].[property_ref2] WHERE (N'101329' = (CASE WHEN ([Join3].[property_ref1] IS NULL) THEN N'' ELSE CAST( [Join3].[property_ref1] AS nvarchar(max)) END)) AND ( NOT (('Y' = [Join3].[obsolete_unit]) AND ([Join3].[obsolete_unit] IS NOT NULL)))

LINQ does not support Right Outer Join, so it should be simulated by swapping the left and right parts and performing a Left Outer Join (which is not so natural, but at least the pattern in known - join clause (C# Reference)).
With that being said, I think the equivalent LINQ query should be something like this:
from unitapp in context.unit_apportionment
join unitappdate in context.unit_apportionment_date on unitapp.uri equals unitappdate.unit_apportionment_uri
join pes in context.property_expense_schedule on unitapp.property_expense_schedule_uri equals pes.uri
join unitmestot in context.unit_measurement_total on unitapp.property_ref equals unitmestot.property_ref
into unitapp_unitmesstot from unitmestot in unitapp_unitmesstot.DefaultIfEmpty() // Left Outer Join
join units in context.units on unitmestot.uri equals units.prime_measurement_uri
select new Apportionment()
{
// ...
}
EDIT: Looks like EF is generating additional criteria for the inner join right after the left outer join which is causing differences with the original SQL query. In such case you can try grouping the right part into a subquery in attempt to change the join order:
from unitapp in context.unit_apportionment
join unitappdate in context.unit_apportionment_date on unitapp.uri equals unitappdate.unit_apportionment_uri
join pes in context.property_expense_schedule on unitapp.property_expense_schedule_uri equals pes.uri
join right in (
from unitmestot in context.unit_measurement_total
join units in context.units on unitmestot.uri equals units.prime_measurement_uri
select new { unitmestot, units }
) on unitapp.property_ref equals right.unitmestot.property_ref
into outerJoin from right in outerJoin.DefaultIfEmpty() // Left Outer Join
let unitmestot = right.unitmestot
let units = right.units
select new Apportionment()
{
// ...
}

Related

LINQ - Creating Subquery based on Where clause

I'm seeing behavior in LINQ that I just don't understand and I really want to prevent it from happening because it's causing my queries to run much slower than they should.
The following C# code produces the results I'm expecting but when I add an additional dynamic filter to it things start to go south.
resultChildrenTC = resultChildrenTC.Where(x => x.parentId != 0 && x.clientId == this.clientId);
var me = resultChildrenTC.ToList();
Good results from C# above, and what I would expect.
...
CASE WHEN (1 = [Extent12].[accept_revisions_ind]) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [C14],
[Extent4].[client_id] AS [client_id]
FROM [dbo].[automation_sequence_executions] AS [Extent1]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[automation_sequence_status] AS [Extent2] ON [Extent1].[automation_sequence_status_id] = [Extent2].[id]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[automation_sequences] AS [Extent3] ON [Extent1].[automation_sequence_id] = [Extent3].[id]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[project] AS [Extent4] ON [Extent3].[project_id] = [Extent4].[id]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[automation_sequence_execution_results] AS [Extent5] ON [Extent1].[id] = [Extent5].[auto_seq_exec_id]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[automation_sequence_test_case_status] AS [Extent6] ON [Extent1].[runtime_case_grp_status] = [Extent6].[id]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[users] AS [Extent7] ON [Extent1].[executed_by_id] = [Extent7].[id]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[users] AS [Extent8] ON [Extent3].[created_by_id] = [Extent8].[id]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[users] AS [Extent9] ON [Extent3].[last_modified_by_id] = [Extent9].[id]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[machines] AS [Extent10] ON [Extent1].[machine_id] = [Extent10].[id]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[execution_sync_queue] AS [Extent11] ON ([Extent1].[id] = [Extent11].[execution_id]) AND (0 = [Extent11].[status])
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[execution_schedule] AS [Extent12] ON [Extent1].[schedule_id] = [Extent12].[id]
WHERE (0 <> (CASE WHEN ([Extent1].[parent_group_exec_id] IS NULL) THEN 0 ELSE [Extent1].[parent_group_exec_id] END)) AND (1 = [Extent4].[status]) AND ([Extent4].[client_id] = #p__linq__0)',N'#p__linq__0 int',#p__linq__0=0
Now once I edit the C# code from above to take in the additional filter things change...
resultChildrenTC = resultChildrenTC.Where(x => x.parentId != 0 && x.clientId == this.clientId).Where(filterExpression);
var me = resultChildrenTC.ToList();
When this runs LINQ decides to create a subquery. This is a big deal because later on I need to run an EXISTS on this query and would like to extend on this filter even more but because it's always creating this random subquery it breaks up my filtering which causes poor performance. What gives and is there a way to turn this off?
[Filter1].[client_id1] AS [client_id]
FROM (SELECT [Extent1].[id] AS [id1], [Extent1].[machine_id] AS [machine_id], [Extent1].[executed_by_id] AS [executed_by_id], [Extent1].[external_test_mgmt_id] AS [external_test_mgmt_id1], [Extent1].[schedule_id] AS [schedule_id], [Extent1].[parent_group_exec_id] AS [parent_group_exec_id], [Extent1].[patriarch_id] AS [patriarch_id], [Extent1].[runtime_case_grp_status] AS [runtime_case_grp_status], [Extent1].[execution_start_time] AS [execution_start_time], [Extent2].[id] AS [id3], [Extent2].[name] AS [name2], [Extent2].[fail_alert_ind] AS [fail_alert_ind], [Extent2].[hold_alert_ind] AS [hold_alert_ind], [Extent2].[complete_ind] AS [complete_ind], [Extent3].[id] AS [id2], [Extent3].[name] AS [name1], [Extent3].[created_by_id] AS [created_by_id], [Extent3].[last_modified_by_id] AS [last_modified_by_id], [Extent3].[case_group_ind] AS [case_group_ind], [Extent4].[name] AS [name3], [Extent4].[client_id] AS [client_id1]
FROM (SELECT [Extent1].[id] AS [id1], [Extent1].[machine_id] AS [machine_id], [Extent1].[executed_by_id] AS [executed_by_id], [Extent1].[external_test_mgmt_id] AS [external_test_mgmt_id1], [Extent1].[schedule_id] AS [schedule_id], [Extent1].[parent_group_exec_id] AS [parent_group_exec_id], [Extent1].[patriarch_id] AS [patriarch_id], [Extent1].[runtime_case_grp_status] AS [runtime_case_grp_status], [Extent1].[execution_start_time] AS [execution_start_time], [Extent2].[id] AS [id3], [Extent2].[name] AS [name2], [Extent2].[fail_alert_ind] AS [fail_alert_ind], [Extent2].[hold_alert_ind] AS [hold_alert_ind], [Extent2].[complete_ind] AS [complete_ind], [Extent3].[id] AS [id2], [Extent3].[name] AS [name1], [Extent3].[created_by_id] AS [created_by_id], [Extent3].[last_modified_by_id] AS [last_modified_by_id], [Extent3].[case_group_ind] AS [case_group_ind], [Extent4].[name] AS [name3], [Extent4].[client_id] AS [client_id1]
FROM [dbo].[automation_sequence_executions] AS [Extent1]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[automation_sequence_status] AS [Extent2] ON [Extent1].[automation_sequence_status_id] = [Extent2].[id]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[automation_sequences] AS [Extent3] ON [Extent1].[automation_sequence_id] = [Extent3].[id]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[project] AS [Extent4] ON [Extent3].[project_id] = [Extent4].[id]
WHERE (0 <> (CASE WHEN ([Extent1].[parent_group_exec_id] IS NULL) THEN 0 ELSE [Extent1].[parent_group_exec_id] END)) AND ([Extent3].[name] LIKE ''%UAT%'') AND (1 = [Extent4].[status]) ) AS [Filter1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[automation_sequence_execution_results] AS [Extent5] ON [Filter1].[id1] = [Extent5].[auto_seq_exec_id]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[automation_sequence_test_case_status] AS [Extent6] ON [Filter1].[runtime_case_grp_status] = [Extent6].[id]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[users] AS [Extent7] ON [Filter1].[executed_by_id] = [Extent7].[id]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[users] AS [Extent8] ON [Filter1].[created_by_id] = [Extent8].[id]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[users] AS [Extent9] ON [Filter1].[last_modified_by_id] = [Extent9].[id]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[machines] AS [Extent10] ON [Filter1].[machine_id] = [Extent10].[id]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[execution_sync_queue] AS [Extent11] ON (0 = [Extent11].[status]) AND ([Filter1].[id1] = [Extent11].[execution_id])
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[execution_schedule] AS [Extent12] ON [Filter1].[schedule_id] = [Extent12].[id]
WHERE [Filter1].[client_id1] = #p__linq__0',N'#p__linq__0 int',#p__linq__0=0
UPDATE - Where clause impact
This is occurring whenever I perform a LIKE on a string field. It seems like Contains is creating this odd behavior.
Subquery:
resultChildrenTC = resultChildrenTC.Where(x => x.parentId != 0 && x.clientId == this.clientId).Where(x=>x.Name.Contains("wes"));
No subquery:
resultChildrenTC = resultChildrenTC.Where(x => x.parentId != 0 && x.clientId == this.clientId).Where(x=>x.Name == "wes");
UPDATE - Possible reasoning
I've created a number of tickets that may all be related, which I didn't know at the time.
From what I've learned about LINQ-to-entities it's a mistake to use the included FK in your queries. A more detailed view into this can be found in the following post:
LINQ - SQL Script Changing based on JOIN Order
If you already know that you would run the same query multi times, you can just cache it somehow to reduce the server's workload.
var mycatch = resultChildrenTC.Where(x => x.parentId != 0 && x.clientId == this.clientId).ToList();
var result1 = mycache .Where(filterExpression1)
var result2 = mycache .Where(filterExpression2)
var result3 = mycache .Where(filterExpression2)

Linq Left Outer Join with Count

I want to create this SQL query:
SELECT
a.[Seat],
b.[PlayerId],
b.[UserName],
b.[NickName],
COUNT(c.PlayerId) AS Trophy
FROM [dbo].[tbl_PlayerTableSeat] AS a
INNER JOIN [dbo].[tbl_Player] AS b ON a.[PlayerId] = b.[PlayerId]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[tbl_GameVirtualTable] AS d ON d.GameVirtualTableId = a.GameVirtualTableId
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[tbl_PlayerTableWinning] AS c ON a.[PlayerId] = c.[PlayerId] AND c.GameTableId = d.GameTableId
WHERE a.GameVirtualTableId = 36
GROUP BY a.[Seat], b.[PlayerId], b.[UserName], b.[NickName]
I have this Linq
var virtualTableSeatList = (from s in db.PlayerTableSeat
join p in db.Player on s.PlayerId equals p.PlayerId
join v in db.GameVirtualTable on s.GameVirtualTableId equals v.GameVirtualTableId
join w in db.PlayerTableWinning on new { X1 = s.PlayerId, X2 = v.GameTableId } equals new { X1 = w.PlayerId, X2 = w.GameTableId } into gj
from g in gj.DefaultIfEmpty()
where s.GameVirtualTableId == virtualGameTableId
group new { p, s } by new { p.PlayerId, s.Seat, p.NickName, p.UserName } into grp
select new VirtualTableSeatDto
{
PlayerId = grp.Key.PlayerId,
Seat = grp.Key.Seat,
NickName = grp.Key.NickName,
UserName = grp.Key.UserName,
Trophy = grp.Count()
}
).ToList();
From SQL Profiler, the Linq generates this SQL query:
exec sp_executesql N'SELECT
[GroupBy1].[K2] AS [PlayerId],
CAST( [GroupBy1].[K1] AS int) AS [C1],
[GroupBy1].[K4] AS [NickName],
[GroupBy1].[K3] AS [UserName],
[GroupBy1].[A1] AS [C2]
FROM ( SELECT
[Extent1].[Seat] AS [K1],
[Extent2].[PlayerId] AS [K2],
[Extent2].[UserName] AS [K3],
[Extent2].[NickName] AS [K4],
COUNT(1) AS [A1]
FROM [dbo].[tbl_PlayerTableSeat] AS [Extent1]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[tbl_Player] AS [Extent2] ON [Extent1].[PlayerId] = [Extent2].[PlayerId]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[tbl_GameVirtualTable] AS [Extent3] ON [Extent1].[GameVirtualTableId] = [Extent3].[GameVirtualTableId]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[tbl_PlayerTableWinning] AS [Extent4] ON ([Extent1].[PlayerId] = [Extent4].[PlayerId]) AND ([Extent3].[GameTableId] = [Extent4].[GameTableId])
WHERE [Extent1].[GameVirtualTableId] = #p__linq__0
GROUP BY [Extent1].[Seat], [Extent2].[PlayerId], [Extent2].[UserName], [Extent2].[NickName]
) AS [GroupBy1]',N'#p__linq__0 int',#p__linq__0=36
I want to change COUNT(1) AS [A1] to COUNT([Extent4].[PlayerId]) AS [A1]
so it can return correct data.
I have no idea how to change the LinQ
Trophy = grp.Count()
so that it can count PlayerId of PlayerTableWinning instead of COUNT(1)
Updated: #Ivan Stoev
By adding the g into the group.
group new { p, s, g }
And sum the group
Trophy = grp.Sum(item => item.w != null ? 1 : 0)
It return the correct answer. However, it is using SUM instead of count. The SQL query generated is as below:
exec sp_executesql N'SELECT
[GroupBy1].[K2] AS [PlayerId],
CAST( [GroupBy1].[K1] AS int) AS [C1],
[GroupBy1].[K4] AS [NickName],
[GroupBy1].[K3] AS [UserName],
[GroupBy1].[A1] AS [C2]
FROM ( SELECT
[Filter1].[K1] AS [K1],
[Filter1].[K2] AS [K2],
[Filter1].[K3] AS [K3],
[Filter1].[K4] AS [K4],
SUM([Filter1].[A1]) AS [A1]
FROM ( SELECT
[Extent1].[Seat] AS [K1],
[Extent2].[PlayerId] AS [K2],
[Extent2].[UserName] AS [K3],
[Extent2].[NickName] AS [K4],
CASE WHEN ( NOT (([Extent4].[GameTableId] IS NULL) AND ([Extent4].[PlayerId] IS NULL) AND ([Extent4].[GameRoundId] IS NULL))) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [A1]
FROM [dbo].[tbl_PlayerTableSeat] AS [Extent1]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[tbl_Player] AS [Extent2] ON [Extent1].[PlayerId] = [Extent2].[PlayerId]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[tbl_GameVirtualTable] AS [Extent3] ON [Extent1].[GameVirtualTableId] = [Extent3].[GameVirtualTableId]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[tbl_PlayerTableWinning] AS [Extent4] ON ([Extent1].[PlayerId] = [Extent4].[PlayerId]) AND ([Extent3].[GameTableId] = [Extent4].[GameTableId])
WHERE [Extent1].[GameVirtualTableId] = #p__linq__0
) AS [Filter1]
GROUP BY [K1], [K2], [K3], [K4]
) AS [GroupBy1]',N'#p__linq__0 int',#p__linq__0=36
The only (but significant) difference between SQL COUNT(field) and COUNT(1) is that the former is excluding the NULL values, which when applied to the normally required field from the right side of a left outer join like in your case produces a different result when there are no matching records - the former returns 0 while the latter returns 1.
The "natural" LINQ equivalent would be Count(field != null), but that unfortunately is translated to a quite different SQL by the current EF query provider. So in such cases I personally use the closer equivalent expression Sum(field != null ? 1 : 0) which produces a much better SQL.
In order to apply the above to your query, you'll need an access to w inside the grouping, so change
group new { p, s }
to
group new { p, s, w }
and then use
Trophy = grp.Sum(item => item.w != null ? 1 : 0)

Get the Count of a SubQuery

I need to count the result of some SQL query which I have no control over. My idea is to wrap the inner SQL with a wrapper count query. The outer SQL is quite simple, here is what I got:
select count(*) from ( x ) as CountQuery
where x is whatever the inner SQL goes. The problem with this is some query would crash, namely IF ELSE END.
How do I craft a wrapper SQL that will successfully wrap around any SQL?
Here is an example of one of the inner SQL I need to count:
IF null <> 'PIPELINE_STAGE'
BEGIN
WITH cnts AS
(
SELECT
o.[OPPORTUNITY_ID]
,[OPPORTUNITY_NAME]
,[OPPORTUNITY_DETAILS]
,[IMAGE_URL]
,OPPORTUNITY_VALUE
,[PROBABILITY]
,[BID_CURRENCY]
,[BID_AMOUNT]
,[BID_TYPE]
,[BID_DURATION]
,[FORECAST_CLOSE_DATE]
,o.[CATEGORY_ID]
,c.CATEGORY_NAME
,c.BACKGROUND_COLOR
,o.[PIPELINE_ID]
,o.[STAGE_ID]
,[OPPORTUNITY_STATE]
,[RESPONSIBLE_USER_ID]
,u.[First_Name]
,u.[Last_Name]
,o.[VISIBLE_TO]
,o.VISIBLE_TEAM_ID
,o.[DATE_CREATED_UTC]
,o.[DATE_UPDATED_UTC]
,o.OWNER_USER_ID
,o.IMPORT_ID
,Follow_id
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER( ORDER BY CASE WHEN #sortOrder = 'OPPORTUNITY_NAME' THEN OPPORTUNITY_NAME END,
CASE WHEN #sortOrder = 'RESPONSIBLE_USER' THEN ISNULL(u.[FIRST_Name], 'zz') END,
CASE WHEN #sortOrder = 'FORECAST_CLOSE_DATE' THEN Forecast_Close_Date END,
CASE WHEN #sortOrder = 'DATE_CREATED' THEN o.[DATE_CREATED_UTC] END,
CASE WHEN #sortOrder = 'FORECAST_CLOSE_DATE_DESC' THEN Forecast_Close_Date END DESC,
CASE WHEN #sortOrder = 'DATE_CREATED_DESC' THEN o.[DATE_CREATED_UTC] END DESC
) as intRow,
COUNT(o.INSTANCE_ID) OVER() AS Count
FROM [Insightly].[dbo].[Opportunity] o with (nolock)
LEFT JOIN [Insightly].[dbo].[Reference.Category] c with (nolock)
on o.CATEGORY_ID = c.CATEGORY_ID AND c.INSTANCE_ID = #instanceId
LEFT JOIN [Insightly].[dbo].[User] u WITH (NOLOCK)
ON u.USER_ID = o.RESPONSIBLE_USER_ID AND u.INSTANCE_ID = #instanceId
LEFT JOIN [Insightly].[dbo].[User.Follow] uf WITH (NOLOCK)
ON (o.OPPORTUNITY_ID = uf.OPPORTUNITY_ID AND uf.USER_ID = #currentUserId AND uf.INSTANCE_ID = #instanceId)
WHERE o.INSTANCE_ID = #instanceId AND TEMPORARY = 0
AND (#userId IS NULL OR [RESPONSIBLE_USER_ID] =#userId) AND (#categoryId IS NULL OR c.CATEGORY_ID = #categoryId)
AND (#importId IS NULL OR o.IMPORT_ID = #importId)
AND OPPORTUNITY_STATE in #opportunityState)
SELECT * FROM cnts
WHERE intRow BETWEEN #skip AND #take
END
ELSE
BEGIN
WITH cnts AS
(
SELECT
o.[OPPORTUNITY_ID]
,[OPPORTUNITY_NAME]
,[OPPORTUNITY_DETAILS]
,[IMAGE_URL]
,OPPORTUNITY_VALUE
,[PROBABILITY]
,[BID_CURRENCY]
,[BID_AMOUNT]
,[BID_TYPE]
,[BID_DURATION]
,[FORECAST_CLOSE_DATE]
,o.[CATEGORY_ID]
,c.CATEGORY_NAME
,c.BACKGROUND_COLOR
,o.[PIPELINE_ID]
,o.[STAGE_ID]
,[OPPORTUNITY_STATE]
,[RESPONSIBLE_USER_ID]
,u.[First_Name]
,u.[Last_Name]
,o.[VISIBLE_TO]
,o.VISIBLE_TEAM_ID
,o.[DATE_CREATED_UTC]
,o.[DATE_UPDATED_UTC]
,o.OWNER_USER_ID
,o.IMPORT_ID
,Follow_id
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER( ORDER BY ISNULL(p.Pipeline_Name, 'zz'), ISNULL([Pipeline.Stage].Stage_Order, 999)
) as intRow,
COUNT(o.INSTANCE_ID) OVER() AS Count
FROM [Insightly].[dbo].[Opportunity] o with (nolock)
LEFT JOIN [Insightly].[dbo].[Reference.Category] c with (nolock)
on o.CATEGORY_ID = c.CATEGORY_ID AND c.INSTANCE_ID = #instanceId
LEFT JOIN [Insightly].[dbo].[User] u WITH (NOLOCK)
ON u.USER_ID = o.RESPONSIBLE_USER_ID AND u.INSTANCE_ID = #instanceId
LEFT JOIN [Insightly].[dbo].[User.Follow] uf WITH (NOLOCK)
ON (o.OPPORTUNITY_ID = uf.OPPORTUNITY_ID AND uf.USER_ID = #currentUserId AND uf.INSTANCE_ID = #instanceId)
LEFT OUTER JOIN [Pipeline.Stage] with(nolock) ON o.PIPELINE_ID = [Pipeline.Stage].PIPELINE_ID AND o.STAGE_ID = [Pipeline.Stage].STAGE_ID
LEFT OUTER JOIN [Pipeline] p with(nolock) ON o.PIPELINE_ID = p.PIPELINE_ID AND p.INSTANCE_ID = #instanceId
WHERE o.INSTANCE_ID = #instanceId AND TEMPORARY = 0
AND (#userId IS NULL OR [RESPONSIBLE_USER_ID] =#userId) AND (#categoryId IS NULL OR c.CATEGORY_ID = #categoryId)
AND (#importId IS NULL OR o.IMPORT_ID = #importId)
SELECT * FROM cnts
WHERE intRow BETWEEN #skip AND #take
END
You can create a temp table based on the query and then count the rows in it.
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE my_results
<whatever query you have>;
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM my_results;

LINQ query optimization for slow grouping

I have a LINQ query that gets data via Entity Framework Code First from an SQL database. This works, but it works very very slow.
This is the original query:
var tmpResult = from mdv in allMetaDataValues
where mdv.Metadata.InputType == MetadataInputType.String && mdv.Metadata.ShowInFilter && !mdv.Metadata.IsHidden && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(mdv.ValueString)
group mdv by new
{
mdv.ValueString,
mdv.Metadata
} into g
let first = g.FirstOrDefault()
select new
{
MetadataTitle = g.Key.Metadata.Title,
MetadataID = g.Key.Metadata.ID,
CollectionColor = g.Key.Metadata.Collection.Color,
CollectionID = g.Key.Metadata.Collection.ID,
MetadataValueCount = 0,
MetadataValueTitle = g.Key.ValueString,
MetadataValueID = first.ID
};
This is the generated SQL from the original query:
{SELECT
0 AS [C1],
[Project4].[Title] AS [Title],
[Project4].[ID] AS [ID],
[Extent9].[Color] AS [Color],
[Project4].[Collection_ID] AS [Collection_ID],
[Project4].[ValueString] AS [ValueString],
[Project4].[C1] AS [C2]
FROM (SELECT
[Project2].[ValueString] AS [ValueString],
[Project2].[ID] AS [ID],
[Project2].[Title] AS [Title],
[Project2].[Collection_ID] AS [Collection_ID],
(SELECT TOP (1)
[Filter4].[ID1] AS [ID]
FROM ( SELECT [Extent6].[ID] AS [ID1], [Extent6].[ValueString] AS [ValueString], [Extent7].[Collection_ID] AS [Collection_ID1], [Extent8].[ID] AS [ID2], [Extent8].[InputType] AS [InputType], [Extent8].[ShowInFilter] AS [ShowInFilter], [Extent8].[IsHidden] AS [IsHidden1]
FROM [dbo].[MetadataValue] AS [Extent6]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[Media] AS [Extent7] ON [Extent6].[Media_ID] = [Extent7].[ID]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[Metadata] AS [Extent8] ON [Extent6].[Metadata_ID] = [Extent8].[ID]
WHERE ( NOT (([Extent6].[ValueString] IS NULL) OR (( CAST(LEN([Extent6].[ValueString]) AS int)) = 0))) AND ([Extent7].[IsHidden] <> cast(1 as bit))
) AS [Filter4]
WHERE (2 = CAST( [Filter4].[InputType] AS int)) AND ([Filter4].[ShowInFilter] = 1) AND ([Filter4].[IsHidden1] <> cast(1 as bit)) AND ([Filter4].[Collection_ID1] = #p__linq__0) AND (([Project2].[ValueString] = [Filter4].[ValueString]) OR (([Project2].[ValueString] IS NULL) AND ([Filter4].[ValueString] IS NULL))) AND (([Project2].[ID] = [Filter4].[ID2]) OR (1 = 0))) AS [C1]
FROM ( SELECT
[Distinct1].[ValueString] AS [ValueString],
[Distinct1].[ID] AS [ID],
[Distinct1].[Title] AS [Title],
[Distinct1].[Collection_ID] AS [Collection_ID]
FROM ( SELECT DISTINCT
[Filter2].[ValueString] AS [ValueString],
[Filter2].[ID3] AS [ID],
[Filter2].[InputType1] AS [InputType],
[Filter2].[Title1] AS [Title],
[Filter2].[ShowInFilter1] AS [ShowInFilter],
[Filter2].[IsHidden2] AS [IsHidden],
[Filter2].[Collection_ID2] AS [Collection_ID]
FROM ( SELECT [Filter1].[ValueString], [Filter1].[Collection_ID3], [Filter1].[IsHidden3], [Filter1].[ID3], [Filter1].[InputType1], [Filter1].[Title1], [Filter1].[ShowInFilter1], [Filter1].[IsHidden2], [Filter1].[Collection_ID2]
FROM ( SELECT [Extent1].[ValueString] AS [ValueString], [Extent2].[Collection_ID] AS [Collection_ID3], [Extent4].[IsHidden] AS [IsHidden3], [Extent5].[ID] AS [ID3], [Extent5].[InputType] AS [InputType1], [Extent5].[Title] AS [Title1], [Extent5].[ShowInFilter] AS [ShowInFilter1], [Extent5].[IsHidden] AS [IsHidden2], [Extent5].[Collection_ID] AS [Collection_ID2]
FROM [dbo].[MetadataValue] AS [Extent1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[Media] AS [Extent2] ON [Extent1].[Media_ID] = [Extent2].[ID]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[Metadata] AS [Extent3] ON [Extent1].[Metadata_ID] = [Extent3].[ID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[Metadata] AS [Extent4] ON [Extent1].[Metadata_ID] = [Extent4].[ID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[Metadata] AS [Extent5] ON [Extent1].[Metadata_ID] = [Extent5].[ID]
WHERE ( NOT (([Extent1].[ValueString] IS NULL) OR (( CAST(LEN([Extent1].[ValueString]) AS int)) = 0))) AND ([Extent2].[IsHidden] <> cast(1 as bit)) AND (2 = CAST( [Extent3].[InputType] AS int)) AND ([Extent3].[ShowInFilter] = 1)
) AS [Filter1]
WHERE [Filter1].[IsHidden3] <> cast(1 as bit)
) AS [Filter2]
WHERE [Filter2].[Collection_ID3] = #p__linq__0
) AS [Distinct1]
) AS [Project2] ) AS [Project4]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[Collection] AS [Extent9] ON [Project4].[Collection_ID] = [Extent9].[ID]}
If we remove the "let first = g.FirstOrDefault()" and change "MetadataValueID = first.ID" to "MetadataValueID = 0" so that we just have a fixed ID = 0 for testing purposes, then the data loads very fast and the generated query itself is half the size compared to the original
So it seems that this part is making the query very slow:
let first = g.FirstOrDefault()
...
MetadataValueID = first.ID
};
How can this be rewritten?
If I try to rewrite the code, it is still slow:
MetadataValueID = g.Select(x => x.ID).FirstOrDefault()
or
let first = g.Select(x => x.ID).FirstOrDefault()
...
MetadataValueID = first
};
Any suggestions?
Using EF I have allways felt that it has problems efficiently translating stuff like g.Key.Metadata.Collection, so I try to join more explicitly and to include only fields, that are neccessary for your result. You can use include instead of join using repository pattern.
Then your query would look like this:
from mdv in allMetaDataValues.Include("Metadata").Include("Metadata.Collection")
where mdv.Metadata.InputType == MetadataInputType.String &&
mdv.Metadata.ShowInFilter &&
!mdv.Metadata.IsHidden &&
!string.IsNullOrEmpty(mdv.ValueString)
group mdv by new
{
MetadataID = mdv.Metadata.ID,
CollectionID = mdv.Metadata.Collection.ID,
mdv.Metadata.Title,
mdv.Metadata.Collection.Color,
mdv.ValueString
} into g
let first = g.FirstOrDefault().ID
select new
{
MetadataTitle = g.Key.Title,
MetadataID = g.Key.MetadataID,
CollectionColor = g.Key.Color,
CollectionID = g.Key.CollectionID,
MetadataValueCount = 0,
MetadataValueTitle = g.Key.ValueString,
MetadataValueID = first
}
Good tool for playing with linq is LinqPad.
The problem is also that:
let first = g.FirstOrDefault().ID
cannot be easily translated to SQL see this answer. But this rewrite simplifies the underlying query for it at least. It remains to me unclear, why you need first ID from a set without using orderby.
It could be rewriten like this:
let first = (from f in allMetaDataValues
where f.Metadata.ID == g.Key.MetadataID &&
f.ValuesString == g.Key.ValuesString select f.ID)
.FirstOrDefault()
This way you do not let EF write the query for you and you can specify exactly how to do the select.
To speed up the query you can also consider adding indexes to database according to the generated query - namely index using both colums used in where clause of this let first query.
Try the following solution.
Replace FirstOrDefault() with .Take(1). FirstOrDefault() is not lazy loaded.
var tmpResult = from mdv in allMetaDataValues
where mdv.Metadata.InputType == MetadataInputType.String && mdv.Metadata.ShowInFilter && !mdv.Metadata.IsHidden && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(mdv.ValueString)
group mdv by new
{
mdv.ValueString,
mdv.Metadata
} into g
let first = g.Take(1)
select new
{
MetadataTitle = g.Key.Metadata.Title,
MetadataID = g.Key.Metadata.ID,
CollectionColor = g.Key.Metadata.Collection.Color,
CollectionID = g.Key.Metadata.Collection.ID,
MetadataValueCount = 0,
MetadataValueTitle = g.Key.ValueString,
MetadataValueID = first.ID
};

Optimising LINQ-to-SQL queries

I have a very heavy LINQ-to-SQL query, which does a number of joins onto different tables to return an anonymous type. The problem is, if the amount of rows returned is fairly large (> 200), then the query becomes awfully slow and ends up timing out. I know I can increase the data context timeout setting, but that's a last resort.
I'm just wondering if my query would work better if I split it up, and do my comparisons as LINQ-to-Objects queries so I can possibly even use PLINQ to maximise the the processing power. But I'm that's a foreign concept to me, and I can't get my head around on how I would split it up. Can anyone offer any advice? I'm not asking for the code to be written for me, just some general guidance on how I could improve this would be great.
Note I've ensured the database has all the correct keys that I'm joining on, and I've ensured these keys are up to date.
The query is below:
var cons = (from c in dc.Consignments
join p in dc.PODs on c.IntConNo equals p.Consignment into pg
join d in dc.Depots on c.DeliveryDepot equals d.Letter
join sl in dc.Accounts on c.Customer equals sl.LegacyID
join ss in dc.Accounts on sl.InvoiceAccount equals ss.LegacyID
join su in dc.Accounts on c.Subcontractor equals su.Name into sug
join sub in dc.Accountsubbies on ss.ID equals sub.AccountID into subg
where (sug.FirstOrDefault() == null
|| sug.FirstOrDefault().Customer == false)
select new
{
ID = c.ID,
IntConNo = c.IntConNo,
LegacyID = c.LegacyID,
PODs = pg.DefaultIfEmpty(),
TripNumber = c.TripNumber,
DropSequence = c.DropSequence,
TripDate = c.TripDate,
Depot = d.Name,
CustomerName = c.Customer,
CustomerReference = c.CustomerReference,
DeliveryName = c.DeliveryName,
DeliveryTown = c.DeliveryTown,
DeliveryPostcode = c.DeliveryPostcode,
VehicleText = c.VehicleReg + c.Subcontractor,
SubbieID = sug.DefaultIfEmpty().FirstOrDefault().ID.ToString(),
SubbieList = subg.DefaultIfEmpty(),
ScanType = ss.PODScanning == null ? 0 : ss.PODScanning
});
Here's the generated SQL as requested:
{SELECT [t0].[ID], [t0].[IntConNo], [t0].[LegacyID], [t6].[test], [t6].[ID] AS [ID2], [t6].[Consignment], [t6].[Status], [t6].[NTConsignment], [t6].[CustomerRef], [t6].[Timestamp], [t6].[SignedBy], [t6].[Clause], [t6].[BarcodeNumber], [t6].[MainRef], [t6].[Notes], [t6].[ConsignmentRef], [t6].[PODedBy], (
SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM (
SELECT NULL AS [EMPTY]
) AS [t10]
LEFT OUTER JOIN (
SELECT NULL AS [EMPTY]
FROM [dbo].[PODs] AS [t11]
WHERE [t0].[IntConNo] = [t11].[Consignment]
) AS [t12] ON 1=1
) AS [value], [t0].[TripNumber], [t0].[DropSequence], [t0].[TripDate], [t1].[Name] AS [Depot], [t0].[Customer] AS [CustomerName], [t0].[CustomerReference], [t0].[DeliveryName], [t0].[DeliveryTown], [t0].[DeliveryPostcode], [t0].[VehicleReg] + [t0].[Subcontractor] AS [VehicleText], CONVERT(NVarChar,(
SELECT [t16].[ID]
FROM (
SELECT TOP (1) [t15].[ID]
FROM (
SELECT NULL AS [EMPTY]
) AS [t13]
LEFT OUTER JOIN (
SELECT [t14].[ID]
FROM [dbo].[Account] AS [t14]
WHERE [t0].[Subcontractor] = [t14].[Name]
) AS [t15] ON 1=1
ORDER BY [t15].[ID]
) AS [t16]
)) AS [SubbieID],
(CASE
WHEN [t3].[PODScanning] IS NULL THEN #p0
ELSE [t3].[PODScanning]
END) AS [ScanType], [t3].[ID] AS [ID3]
FROM [dbo].[Consignments] AS [t0]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[Depots] AS [t1] ON [t0].[DeliveryDepot] = [t1].[Letter]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[Account] AS [t2] ON [t0].[Customer] = [t2].[LegacyID]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[Account] AS [t3] ON [t2].[InvoiceAccount] = [t3].[LegacyID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN ((
SELECT NULL AS [EMPTY]
) AS [t4]
LEFT OUTER JOIN (
SELECT 1 AS [test], [t5].[ID], [t5].[Consignment], [t5].[Status], [t5].[NTConsignment], [t5].[CustomerRef], [t5].[Timestamp], [t5].[SignedBy], [t5].[Clause], [t5].[BarcodeNumber], [t5].[MainRef], [t5].[Notes], [t5].[ConsignmentRef], [t5].[PODedBy]
FROM [dbo].[PODs] AS [t5]
) AS [t6] ON 1=1 ) ON [t0].[IntConNo] = [t6].[Consignment]
WHERE ((NOT (EXISTS(
SELECT TOP (1) NULL AS [EMPTY]
FROM [dbo].[Account] AS [t7]
WHERE [t0].[Subcontractor] = [t7].[Name]
ORDER BY [t7].[ID]
))) OR (NOT (((
SELECT [t9].[Customer]
FROM (
SELECT TOP (1) [t8].[Customer]
FROM [dbo].[Account] AS [t8]
WHERE [t0].[Subcontractor] = [t8].[Name]
ORDER BY [t8].[ID]
) AS [t9]
)) = 1))) AND ([t2].[Customer] = 1) AND ([t3].[Customer] = 1)
ORDER BY [t0].[ID], [t1].[ID], [t2].[ID], [t3].[ID], [t6].[ID]
}
Try moving the subcontractor join up higher and push the where clause along with it. That way you're not unnecessarily making joins which would fail at the end.
I would also modify the select for the subcontractor id, so you don't get the Id of a potentially null value.
var cons = (from c in dc.Consignments
join su in dc.Accounts on c.Subcontractor equals su.Name into sug
where (sug.FirstOrDefault() == null || sug.FirstOrDefault().Customer == false)
join p in dc.PODs on c.IntConNo equals p.Consignment into pg
join d in dc.Depots on c.DeliveryDepot equals d.Letter
join sl in dc.Accounts on c.Customer equals sl.LegacyID
join ss in dc.Accounts on sl.InvoiceAccount equals ss.LegacyID
join sub in dc.Accountsubbies on ss.ID equals sub.AccountID into subg
let firstSubContractor = sug.DefaultIfEmpty().FirstOrDefault()
select new
{
ID = c.ID,
IntConNo = c.IntConNo,
LegacyID = c.LegacyID,
PODs = pg.DefaultIfEmpty(),
TripNumber = c.TripNumber,
DropSequence = c.DropSequence,
TripDate = c.TripDate,
Depot = d.Name,
CustomerName = c.Customer,
CustomerReference = c.CustomerReference,
DeliveryName = c.DeliveryName,
DeliveryTown = c.DeliveryTown,
DeliveryPostcode = c.DeliveryPostcode,
VehicleText = c.VehicleReg + c.Subcontractor,
SubbieID = firstSubContractor == null ? "" : firstSubContractor.ID.ToString(),
SubbieList = subg.DefaultIfEmpty(),
ScanType = ss.PODScanning == null ? 0 : ss.PODScanning
});

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