Gup3rSuR4c
Gup3rSuR4c

Reputation: 9490

Requesting verification of this arguably complex SQL script

I'd appreciate it if some SQL experts can take a look at this script and verify if it will work or if it can be improved in anyway (performance, ease, etc.). So, considering the following:

Leads {
    LeadId INT,
    SourceId TINYINT,
    PersonId INT,
    PhoneId INT,
    EmailId INT,
    AddressId INT,
    ImporterId SMALLINT,
    ImportedDateTime DATETIME2(7)
}

Duplicates {
    DuplicateId INT,
    SourceId TINYINT,
    LeadId INT,
    ImporterId SMALLINT,
    DuplicatedDateTime DATETIME2(7)
}

How will this script perform:

--  Outside variables provided as part of a stored procedure
DECLARE @SourceId TINYINT;
DECLARE @ImporterId SMALLINT;

PRINT 'Deleting the CSVTemp table if it exists';
IF ((SELECT CASE WHEN OBJECT_ID('CSVTemp') IS NOT NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) = 1)
BEGIN
    DROP TABLE [CSVTemp];
END

PRINT 'Creating the CSVTemp table';
CREATE TABLE [CSVTemp](
    [FirstName] NVARCHAR(48),
    [LastName] NVARCHAR(48),
    [Phone] BIGINT,
    [Email] VARCHAR(96),
    [Street] VARCHAR(64),
    [Zip] INT
);

PRINT 'Performing a BULK insert into CSVTemp';
BULK INSERT [CSVTemp] FROM '{File}.csv' WITH (FIELDTERMINATOR = ',', ROWTERMINATOR = '\n');

PRINT 'Adding IDENTITY column to CSVTemp';
ALTER TABLE [CSVTemp] ADD [Id] INT IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL;

PRINT 'Adding PK constraint to CSVTemp';
ALTER TABLE [CSVTemp] ADD CONSTRAINT [PK_CSVTemp] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED(
    [Id] ASC
) WITH(
    PAD_INDEX = OFF,
    STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF,
    IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF,
    ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON,
    ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON
) ON [PRIMARY];

PRINT 'Counting CSVTemp rows';
DECLARE @Count INT = (SELECT COUNT(1) FROM [CSVTemp]);

PRINT 'Declaring internal variables';
DECLARE @I INT = 0;

PRINT 'Looping through rows in CSVTemp';
WHILE (@I < (@Count + 1))
BEGIN
    BEGIN TRANSACTION
        DECLARE @FirstName NVARCHAR(48);
        DECLARE @LastName NVARCHAR(48);
        DECLARE @Phone BIGINT;
        DECLARE @Email VARCHAR(96);
        DECLARE @Street VARCHAR(64);
        DECLARE @Zip INT;

        SELECT  @FirstName = [FirstName],
                @LastName = [LastName],
                @Phone = [Phone],
                @Email = [Email],
                @Street = [Street],
                @Zip = [Zip] FROM [CSVTemp] WHERE ([Id] = @I);

        DECLARE @LeadId INT = (
            SELECT  [Leads].[LeadId]
            FROM    [People].[Person]
                    JOIN [Management].[Leads] ON ([Leads].[PersonId] = [Person].[PersonId])
                    JOIN [Communication].[Phones] ON ([Leads].[PhoneId] = [Phones].[PhoneId])
            WHERE   (([Person].[FirstName] LIKE @FirstName) OR ([Person].[LastName] LIKE @LastName))
                    AND ([Phones].[PhoneId] = @Phone)
        );

        IF (@LeadId IS NOT NULL)
        BEGIN
            INSERT INTO [Management].[Duplicates]([SourceId], [LeadId], [ImporterId]) VALUES(@SourceId, @LeadId, @ImporterId);
        END
        ELSE
        BEGIN
            INSERT INTO [People].[Person]([FirstName], [LastName]) VALUES(@FirstName, @LastName);

            DECLARE @PersonId INT = @@IDENTITY;

            INSERT INTO [Communication].[Phones]([PhoneTypeId], [Number]) VALUES(6, @Phone);

            DECLARE @PhoneId INT = @@IDENTITY;

            INSERT INTO [Communication].[Emails]([Address]) VALUES(@Email);

            DECLARE @EmailId INT = @@IDENTITY;

            INSERT INTO [Location].[Addresses]([PostalCode], [Street]) VALUES(@Zip, @Street);

            DECLARE @AddressId INT = @@IDENTITY;

            INSERT INTO [Management].[Leads]([SourceId], [PersonId], [PhoneId], [EmailId], [AddressId], [ImporterId]) VALUES(@SourceId, @PersonId, @PhoneId, @EmailId, @AddressId, @ImporterId);
        END
    COMMIT

    SET @I = (@I + 1);
END

PRINT 'Deleting CSVTemp table';
DROP TABLE [CSVTemp];

UPDATE

@Will/@Mitch, I don't know if you guys are still around, but I ended up finalizing the script by converting the WHILE loop to work with a CURSOR. I tested the script by looping through 10.5k rows and it took 3-5 seconds, which is fine with me. Sadly, I thought I fully understood what @Will was saying about the sets, but I couldn't come up with a way to improve it, so I'll leave it as is. If anyone is willing to give me an example script about what @Will was talking about, I would appreciate it, if not, then thank you @Will and @Mitch for the help so far.

Anyway, here's the updated WHILE loop that uses a CURSOR now.

DECLARE @Id INT = 0;
DECLARE C1 CURSOR READ_ONLY FOR (SELECT [Id] FROM [CSVTemp]);

OPEN C1;
    FETCH NEXT FROM C1 INTO @Id;

    WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
    BEGIN
        BEGIN TRANSACTION
            DECLARE @FirstName NVARCHAR(48);
            DECLARE @LastName NVARCHAR(48);
            DECLARE @Phone BIGINT;
            DECLARE @Email VARCHAR(96);
            DECLARE @Street VARCHAR(64);
            DECLARE @Zip INT;

            SELECT  @FirstName = [FirstName],
                    @LastName = [LastName],
                    @Phone = [Phone],
                    @Email = [Email],
                    @Street = [Street],
                    @Zip = [Zip] FROM [CSVTemp] WHERE ([Id] = @Id);

            DECLARE @LeadId INT = (
                SELECT  [Leads].[LeadId]
                FROM    [People].[Person]
                        JOIN [Management].[Leads] ON ([Leads].[PersonId] = [Person].[PersonId])
                        JOIN [Communication].[Phones] ON ([Leads].[PhoneId] = [Phones].[PhoneId])
                WHERE   (([Person].[FirstName] LIKE @FirstName) AND ([Person].[LastName] LIKE @LastName))
                        AND ([Phones].[Number] = @Phone)
            );

            IF (@LeadId IS NOT NULL)
            BEGIN
                INSERT INTO [Management].[Duplicates]([SourceId], [LeadId], [ImporterId]) VALUES (@SourceId, @LeadId, @ImporterId);
            END
            ELSE
            BEGIN
                INSERT INTO [People].[Person]([FirstName], [LastName]) VALUES(@FirstName, @LastName);

                DECLARE @PersonId INT = SCOPE_IDENTITY();

                INSERT INTO [Communication].[Phones]([PhoneTypeId], [Number]) VALUES(6, @Phone);

                DECLARE @PhoneId INT = SCOPE_IDENTITY();

                INSERT INTO [Communication].[Emails]([Address]) VALUES(@Email);

                DECLARE @EmailId INT = SCOPE_IDENTITY();

                INSERT INTO [Location].[Addresses]([PostalCode], [Street]) VALUES(@Zip, @Street);

                DECLARE @AddressId INT = SCOPE_IDENTITY();

                INSERT INTO [Management].[Leads]([SourceId], [PersonId], [PhoneId], [EmailId], [AddressId], [ImporterId]) VALUES(@SourceId, @PersonId, @PhoneId, @EmailId, @AddressId, @ImporterId);
            END
        COMMIT

        FETCH NEXT FROM C1 INTO @Id;
    END
CLOSE C1;
DEALLOCATE C1;

Upvotes: 1

Views: 188

Answers (1)

Mitch Wheat
Mitch Wheat

Reputation: 300669

Don't use @@IDENTITY. Use SCOPE_IDENTITY():

SCOPE_IDENTITY and @@IDENTITY return the last identity values that are generated in any table in the current session. However, SCOPE_IDENTITY returns values inserted only within the current scope; @@IDENTITY is not limited to a specific scope.

For example, there are two tables, T1 and T2, and an INSERT trigger is defined on T1. When a row is inserted to T1, the trigger fires and inserts a row in T2. This scenario illustrates two scopes: the insert on T1, and the insert on T2 by the trigger.

Assuming that both T1 and T2 have identity columns, @@IDENTITY and SCOPE_IDENTITY will return different values at the end of an INSERT statement on T1. @@IDENTITY will return the last identity column value inserted across any scope in the current session. This is the value inserted in T2. SCOPE_IDENTITY() will return the IDENTITY value inserted in T1. This was the last insert that occurred in the same scope. The SCOPE_IDENTITY() function will return the null value if the function is invoked before any INSERT statements into an identity column occur in the scope.

Upvotes: 2

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