Amazing experience!
This is the power of Pharo at work.
Thanks a lot Sven.

S

> On 10 Feb 2020, at 21:24, Petter Egesund <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Perfect, this is exactly what I needed. Thank so much!!
> 
> Petter
> 
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 8:44 PM Sven Van Caekenberghe <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Hi Petter,
> 
> > On 10 Feb 2020, at 16:46, Petter Egesund <[email protected] 
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, I see - that sounds sensible.
> > 
> > Could it be an idea to subclass the pool-class and to prepare statements in 
> > this method, if there is a kind of init-method in the class? What do you 
> > think?
> 
> That would have indeed been one approach but for this situation I opted for a 
> configurator block.
> 
> P3ConnectionPool>>#configurator: oneArgumentBlock
>   "Set oneArgumentBlock to be my configurator.
>    This is code that will be executed once on each newly created connection 
> (P3Client).
>    The default configuration asserts #isWorking on the argument"
> 
> The default is
> 
>   configurator := [ :p3Client | self assert: p3Client isWorking ]
> 
> which basically does an extra validation and ensures the opening of the 
> connection.
> 
> Now, a little piece of functionality was still missing, I added it with the 
> following commit:
> 
>   
> https://github.com/svenvc/P3/commit/e3f161d9f9ae34b3b020ad924b3c0f116f68c0b0 
> <https://github.com/svenvc/P3/commit/e3f161d9f9ae34b3b020ad924b3c0f116f68c0b0>
> 
> Your usage scenario should now be like this: you create a P3ConnectionPool 
> with the proper URL, then you set your configurator to add your prepared 
> statements (you could delegate this to a helper class if you have a lot of 
> them).
> 
>   pool configurator: [ :p3Client |
>     p3Client prepare: 'SELECT ...' named: 'select1'.
>     p3Client prepare: 'INSET ...' named: 'insert1' ]
> 
> Later, when using a connection from the pool, you refer to your prepared 
> statements by name.
> 
>   pool withConnection: [ :p3Client |
>     (p3Client preparedStatementNamed: 'select1')
>       execute: { args } ]
> 
> Sven
> 
> PS: have a look at P3PreparedStatementTest>>#testNamedPreparedStatement for 
> an operation example (minus the connection pooling).
> 
> > On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 4:36 PM Sven Van Caekenberghe <[email protected] 
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > On 10 Feb 2020, at 16:30, Petter Egesund <[email protected] 
> > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi and thanks for an answer above my expectations to our problem. 
> > > 
> > > This is really awesome, I was just about to start coding a pool myself, 
> > > but getting it directly from the author of the base library is off course 
> > > way better :)
> > > 
> > > I will try out and get back as soon as we have tested.
> > > 
> > > One quick question - are the prepared statements which are connected to 
> > > the pool thread safe?
> > 
> > Prepared statements are scoped to a single connection in PSQL, AFAIK. 
> > 
> > What you will probably want to do is use a #configurator: block to set up 
> > your prepared statements once, like you do now. Then each thread/process 
> > grabs its own connection from the pool, (which will be already configured 
> > properly) and uses it, for itself, and finally returns it to the pool.
> > 
> > Interacting with the pool should be fully thread safe. Once you are using a 
> > connection, it not longer is, but is also does not have to, since one 
> > connection equals one client thread.
> > 
> > > Petter
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 12:13 PM Sven Van Caekenberghe <[email protected] 
> > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > > Hi Petter,
> > > 
> > > https://github.com/svenvc/P3/commit/a6b409d0d92cb92bf9b44452908bb9033523b863
> > >  
> > > <https://github.com/svenvc/P3/commit/a6b409d0d92cb92bf9b44452908bb9033523b863>
> > >  adds a connection pool.
> > > 
> > > Here is the class comment:
> > > 
> > > ======
> > > 
> > > I am P3ConnectionPool.
> > > 
> > > I offer a pool of shared PSQL connections (P3Client instances) as a 
> > > resource.
> > > 
> > > After configuring me with at least a url, you use me by calling 
> > > #withConnection:
> > > 
> > >   pool := P3ConnectionPool url: 'psql://sven@localhost'.
> > >   pool withConnection: [ :p3Client | 
> > >           p3Client query: 'SELECT table_name FROM 
> > > information_schema.tables' ].
> > >   pool close.
> > > 
> > > When a connection is in use, it is not part of the pool.
> > > When a connection is returned/released to the pool, it becomes available 
> > > for reuse.
> > > 
> > > The pool's size is the number of open connection ready to be reused.
> > > The pool's capacity is the maximum number of connection that will be 
> > > pooled.
> > > Excess connections will be closed when they are returned/released to the 
> > > pool.
> > > 
> > > New connections are created as needed.
> > > You can set a #configurator to further initialize new connections.
> > > You can use #warmUp or #warmUp: to precreate a number of connections.
> > > 
> > > When an error occurs, the connection should not be reused and be closed 
> > > by the caller.
> > > 
> > > ======
> > > 
> > > There are some unit tests as well.
> > > 
> > > Let me know if this works for you.
> > > 
> > > Sven
> > > 
> > > > On 9 Feb 2020, at 19:04, Petter Egesund <[email protected] 
> > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, thanks for good feedback.
> > > > 
> > > > I will try the pooled way, I think - not primarily because of speed, 
> > > > but due to that our library is built around prepared connections.
> > > > 
> > > > Petter
> > > > 
> > > > On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 6:01 PM Sven Van Caekenberghe <[email protected] 
> > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > > > Hi Petter,
> > > > 
> > > > > On 9 Feb 2020, at 17:27, Petter Egesund <[email protected] 
> > > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi Sven and thanks for answering!
> > > > > 
> > > > > I use Teapot with one common sql-connecton, not one for each user 
> > > > > session. At startup I create several sql statements and these does 
> > > > > not seem to be usable from different Teapot request at the same time.
> > > > 
> > > > It is useable, but not concurrently.
> > > > 
> > > > > I could create one connection pr. session and then close the database 
> > > > > connection when the user leaves, but then I also would need to create 
> > > > > all the prepared sql-statements for each session, which does not 
> > > > > sound right to me?
> > > > 
> > > > Yes and no, see further.
> > > > 
> > > > > It seems I have will have to look into the other solution, and see if 
> > > > > I can use some mutex stuff to avoid several tasks acessessing the 
> > > > > same resources at the same time.
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, follow the pointer that I gave you, it is not hard.
> > > > 
> > > > > Creating a pool sounds like the right solution to me now - any 
> > > > > meaning about this?
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, you could create a connection pool. But that is harder than it 
> > > > sounds: what is the minimum size, the maximum size, what do you do when 
> > > > you go over it, how do you make sure that a resource (connection) is 
> > > > clean when returning it to the pool (given authentication, possible 
> > > > errors), ...
> > > > 
> > > > I don't know what you are doing, but I think you focus too much on 
> > > > performance issues. I would first try to get the code correct and worry 
> > > > about performance later on.
> > > > 
> > > > Running
> > > > 
> > > >   P3ClientTest new runBenchmark1Bench.
> > > > 
> > > > on my machine gives me a BenchmarkResult(67 iterations in 5 seconds 57 
> > > > milliseconds. 13.249 per second). This is a query that returns 10.000 
> > > > records with 5 columns. It is reusing the same client/connection for 
> > > > all iterations.
> > > > 
> > > > If I modify this slightly to use a new client/connection each time, 
> > > > like this
> > > > 
> > > >   [ 
> > > >     (P3Client url: 'psql://sven@localhost')
> > > >       query: 'SELECT * FROM benchmark1'; 
> > > >       close 
> > > >   ] benchFor: 5 seconds
> > > > 
> > > > I get a BenchmarkResult(65 iterations in 5 seconds 34 milliseconds. 
> > > > 12.912 per second) which almost as fast. Of course, for smaller 
> > > > queries, the connect/disconnect overhead will be more significant.
> > > > 
> > > > And note that this is not using prepared statements.
> > > > 
> > > > So I would start by opening/closing a connection each time you need it.
> > > > 
> > > > HTH,
> > > > 
> > > > Sven
> > > > 
> > > > > Petter
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 4:52 PM Sven Van Caekenberghe <[email protected] 
> > > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > > > > Hi Petter,
> > > > > 
> > > > > [ CC-ing the Pharo Users list ]
> > > > > 
> > > > > P3Client is not built/designed to be used by multiple processes 
> > > > > concurrently. Each database connection is represented by an instance 
> > > > > of P3Client and holds some state both at the client as well as at the 
> > > > > server side.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Typically, in a multi user server application, each connection should 
> > > > > have its own P3Client / psql connection. For example, in Seaside, a 
> > > > > custom WASession subclass gives each session/user its own p3 
> > > > > connection/client.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is that what you are doing ?
> > > > > 
> > > > > If not, you could wrap your db accessing code so that mutual 
> > > > > exclusion is provided. For example, you can have a look at 
> > > > > AbstractCache #beThreadSafe and #critical:
> > > > > 
> > > > > That will then serialise requests and possibly block one onto the 
> > > > > other.
> > > > > 
> > > > > HTH,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Sven
> > > > > 
> > > > > PS: another thing to take care of if closing your sql connections 
> > > > > when the session is no longer needed.
> > > > > 
> > > > > PS: Zinc HTTP does also provide a session mechanism 
> > > > > (ZnServerSession[Manager]) but these work with cookies and typically 
> > > > > won't help with a REST access pattern.
> > > > > 
> > > > > > On 9 Feb 2020, at 14:21, Petter Egesund <[email protected] 
> > > > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi Sven
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > We are using Pharo as our backend in a project and we have run into 
> > > > > > a problem with P3.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The problem seems to be connected to compiled sql statements and 
> > > > > > concurrency.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > We keep getting this error: Bindcomplete message expected
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Problem seems to be easy to reproduce:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 1) Compile any sql statement
> > > > > > 2) Use this statement in a query twice (!) in a teapot endpoint
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The run some concurrent queries, like "curl 
> > > > > > http://localhost:8080/endpoint <http://localhost:8080/endpoint> & 
> > > > > > curl http://localhost:8080/endpoint. 
> > > > > > <http://localhost:8080/endpoint.>." (add several curls after here).
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > One could also use ex. siege 
> > > > > > (https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/siege.1.html 
> > > > > > <https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/siege.1.html>) 
> > > > > > for easy reproducing.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > If we chain the curls after each other, like "curl 
> > > > > > http://localhost:8080/endpoint <http://localhost:8080/endpoint> && 
> > > > > > https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/siege.1.html 
> > > > > > <https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/siege.1.html> && 
> > > > > > https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/siege.1.html. 
> > > > > > <https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/siege.1.html.>." 
> > > > > > it seems to work fine, so doing the request sequentially seem to 
> > > > > > work fine.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > My conclusion is that this must be connected to how teapot handles 
> > > > > > concurrency in companion with the compiled statements?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Any clues on this one? We are on Pharo 8.0 with latest version of 
> > > > > > P3, PG 9.x)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Best regards
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Petter Egesund (I wrote the heysql-package based on P3)
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 

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