Stored Procedure - which is faster/better?

  • Another forum posted this (for SQL Server 2005 only):

    CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.ShowLog

    @PageIndex INT,

    @PageSize INT

    AS

    BEGIN

    WITH LogEntries AS (

    SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY Date DESC)

    AS Row, Date, Description

    FROM LOG)

    SELECT Date, Description

    FROM LogEntries

    WHERE Row between

    (@PageIndex - 1) * @PageSize + 1 and @PageIndex*@PageSize

    END

    -----------

    it looks a lot simpler! what do you think?

    tx - matt

  • Matt: this is what I posted:

    Create Proc spTableRows_Window(@startingRow int, @rows int)

    AS

    --NOTE: some stuff stolen from Jeff Moden and Matt Miller

    Select * From ExampleTable

    Where LookupCol IN(

    Select LookupCol from

    (select LookupCol, row_number() over (order by LookupCol) RN

    from ExampleTable) r

    Where rn between @startingRow and @startingRow+@rows )

    How is what you just posted simpler? It just already has the output column(s) decided, which is faster for small rows, but slower for large rows.

    Here is what my narrow-row query would look like with your field names:

    Create Proc spShowLog(@startingRow int, @rows int)

    AS

    Select Date, Description from

    (select Date, row_number() over (order by Date) as Row

    from LOG) r

    Where Row between @startingRow and @startingRow+@rows

    Your is the same as mine, it just replaces my (subquery) with a WITH Clause and uses PageNo/PageSize math instead of FirstRow/RowCount math. In theory it should be exactly the same as mine, unless the WITH causes it to be slower.

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  • Yes, Barry, it is the same - my mistake.. i was comparing it to the code of Matt Miller earlier in this thread - his code seems quite a bit longer:

    -===== Declare the local variables

    DECLARE @PageSize INT --How many rows to appear per page

    DECLARE @PageNum INT --What page number to appear

    DECLARE @Skip INT --Working variable for where to start for page

    DECLARE @sql VARCHAR(8000)

    --===== Set the local variables for pagesize and page

    -- PageSize and PageNum would be parameters in a stored proc

    SET @PageSize = 100

    SET @PageNum = 9000

    SET @Skip = 900000

    SELECT t.RowNum

    FROM dbo.Test t,

    (

    SELECT TOP (@PageSize) test.RowNum

    FROM dbo.Test WITH (NOLOCK)

    LEFT OUTER merge JOIN (SELECT TOP(@skip) RowNum

    FROM dbo.Test WITH (NOLOCK)

    ORDER BY RowNum) r

    ON test.rownum=r.rownum

    WHERE r.rownum IS NULL

    ORDER BY test.RowNum

    ) d

    WHERE t.RowNum = d.RowNum

    SET @sql = '

    SELECT t.RowNum

    FROM dbo.Test t,

    (

    SELECT TOP '+STR(@PageSize)+' RowNum

    FROM dbo.Test WITH (NOLOCK)

    WHERE RowNum NOT IN (SELECT TOP '+STR(@Skip)+' RowNum

    FROM dbo.Test

    ORDER BY RowNum)

    ORDER BY RowNum

    ) d

    WHERE t.RowNum = d.RowNum'

    EXEC (@SQL)

    --------------------------------------------

    what do you think Barry?

  • Well the version of Matt's that you have actually seems to be comparing two queries: a static version (first half), vs. a Dynamic SQL version (second half) so it's really twice as big as a production version would normally be.

    Other than that, Matt's is very similar to mine, it uses TOP(XX) instead of Row_Number() which I think is about 20% slower, but otherwise almost the same. He has (NOLOCK), which is probably a good idea (should add to mine) and does not have any data columns which you would add yourself.

    Matt's is written as the wide-row format (works better for many columns, or large data rows) which has the extra SELECT(..) wrapping the outside. For a narrow-row situation (few columns or small data rows) it would probably benefit as mine does from removing the final outer SELECT(..).

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  • ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[Paging1]

    (

    @startRowIndex int,

    @maximumRows int

    )

    AS

    DECLARE @first_id int, @startRow int

    -- A check can be added to make sure @startRowIndex isn't > count(1)

    -- from the table before doing any actual work unless it is guaranteed

    -- the caller won't do that

    -- Get the first ID for our page of records

    SET ROWCOUNT @startRowIndex

    SELECT @first_id = ID FROM MyTable ORDER BY Address

    -- Now, set the row count to MaximumRows and get

    -- all records >= @first_id

    SET ROWCOUNT @maximumRows

    SELECT m.*

    FROM MyTable m

    WHERE ID >= @first_id

    ORDER BY m.Address

    SET ROWCOUNT 0

    -------------------------

    MyTable has three columns: ID (int), Name (string), Address (string)

    ID is not necessarily sequential. I need to be able to use this proc for paging and sort on any column. As it now stands the procedure omits rows where the ID is not in sequence. This is a problem - any ideas?

    tx,

    Matt

    This proc

  • Yes, use one of the many techniques that we posted here for you.

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  • ok, sorry about that - I will revisit the thread.. tx again,matt

  • [font="Verdana"]

    rbarryyoung (4/30/2008)


    Mahesh Bote (4/28/2008)


    [font="Verdana"]Second approach is much better than first one. It will decrease the network traffic tremendously.[/font]

    I'm not sure that I follow this, Mahesh. Could you explain why?

    Sorry rbarryyoung, I couldn't reply immediately. I was out of station. By the way, I suggested following the 2nd approach because it fetches all the data once and binds to Datagrid control. And Datagrid supports paging feature so when you navigate through the Datagrid you did not need to connect every time to DB to fetch data. Update me if I am going in wrong direction.

    Mahesh

    [/font]

    MH-09-AM-8694

  • I believe:

    The .Net Datagrid with custom paging WILL need to connect to the DB every time the user changes the page. In fact, with "default" paging the Datagrid still retrieves (all records) from the DB every time the user changes the page.

  • Yeah! Got it working in SQL Server! Thanks to Barry, Matt, Jeff, and this forum!

    DECLARE @sql nvarchar(4000)

    SET @sql = 'SELECT ID, Name, Address

    FROM

    (SELECT ID, Name, Address,

    ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ' + @sortExpression + ') as RowNum

    FROM MyTable

    )

    WHERE RowNum BETWEEN ' + CONVERT(nvarchar(10), @startRowIndex) +

    ' AND (' + CONVERT(nvarchar(10), @startRowIndex) + ' + '

    + CONVERT(nvarchar(10), @maximumRows) + ') - 1'

    - p.s. where can I put WITH (NOLOCK) ? I tried several places but received errors..

    thanks again,

    matt

  • It would go after the table name. Are you sure you want it? (Can result in dirty data.)

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  • matt6749 (5/6/2008)


    Yeah! Got it working in SQL Server! Thanks to Barry, Matt, Jeff, and this forum!

    DECLARE @sql nvarchar(4000)

    SET @sql = 'SELECT ID, Name, Address

    FROM

    (SELECT ID, Name, Address,

    ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ' + @sortExpression + ') as RowNum

    FROM MyTable

    )

    WHERE RowNum BETWEEN ' + CONVERT(nvarchar(10), @startRowIndex) +

    ' AND (' + CONVERT(nvarchar(10), @startRowIndex) + ' + '

    + CONVERT(nvarchar(10), @maximumRows) + ') - 1'

    - p.s. where can I put WITH (NOLOCK) ? I tried several places but received errors..

    thanks again,

    matt

    Thanks for posting your solution, Matt. 🙂

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    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


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  • lol - i wish i could have developed this solution!! - all you guys

  • Glad I could help.

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    [/font]
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    matt6749 (5/6/2008)


    I believe:

    The .Net Datagrid with custom paging WILL need to connect to the DB every time the user changes the page. In fact, with "default" paging the Datagrid still retrieves (all records) from the DB every time the user changes the page.

    :w00t: Well in that case, I will not suggest the 2nd option, coz I used to work on .Net datagrid almost a year and half back. Sorry for wrong posting.

    Mahesh[/font]

    MH-09-AM-8694

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