On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 10:28 AM Lukasz Szybalski <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> I have a query in sqlalchemy like below where I lookup contract# in mssql.
>>>>> How do I enforce the varchar instead of nvarchar? I tried converting my
>>>>> field to "str(mycurrent)" but that didn't do anything. Is there some other
>>>>> spot to force VARCHAR to be sent?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> this just came up in
>>>> https://bitbucket.org/zzzeek/sqlalchemy/issues/4161/sql-server-string-use-case,
>>>> in that case they are using typed parameters:
>>>>
>>>> String(50, convert_unicode='force')
>>>>
>>>> if you're dealing w/ the raw string like that try this:
>>>>
>>>> execute(text("select ... where foo =
>>>> :mycurrent").bindparams(bindparam("mycurrent",
>>>> type_=String(convert_unicode='force')))
>>>>
>>>> let me know if that works b.c. this has to be in the docs
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
> Hello Mike.
>
> Do you have a minute to guide me on the syntax. I can't figure this out,
> and I need to fix this performance problem.  If I can't figure it out I'll
> just create stored procedures to replace the query.
>
>
> Here is the code again:
>
>
>
> # 'm struggling with the syntax here for the bind param. How do I convert
> from session.execut(stmt,params) to your bindparams? I can't just cast the
> variable I'm passing to correct format?
>


you need to use the text() construct as I illustrated earlier:

session.execute(
    text("select ... where foo =
:mycurrent").bindparams(bindparam("mycurrent",
type_=String(convert_unicode='force')),
    params={"mycurrent": "value"}
)







# Keep in mind that the value is either some sqlalchemy object.columname or
> some 'other system' variable from a loop aka (for row in First_query:
> mycontract=row.contract_no
>
> #I need to go from to :
>
>>
>>  From
>>  p=session.execute("select PZ.p_id,PZ.pimage_num from dbo.P with(nolock)
>> inner join dbo.PZ PZ with(nolock) on PZ.p_id = p.p_id  inner join dbo.D D
>> with(nolock) on D.p_id = p.p_id AND D.pimage_num=PZ.pimage_num where
>> p.contract=:mycontract and D.srtype_id
>> =5",params={'mycontract':str(mycontract)}).fetchall()
>>
>>  To:
>> from sqlalchmy import bindparams
>> ##mycurrent=someobject.contract_no
>> mycurrent='ABC123'
>>
>> I tried these syntax but it doesn;t work:
>
> #Incorrect Syntax#1?
>
>>
>> (bad)  p=session.execute(text("select PZ.p_id,PZ.pimage_num from dbo.P
>> with(nolock) inner join dbo.PZ PZ with(nolock) on PZ.p_id = p.p_id  inner
>> join dbo.D D with(nolock) on D.p_id = p.p_id AND D.pimage_num=PZ.pimage_num
>> where p.contract=:mycontract and D.srtype_id
>> =5").bindparam('mycontract'),params={'mycontract':str(mycontract)}).fetchall()
>> AttributeError: 'TextClause' object has no attribute 'bindparam'
>>
>> #Incorrect Syntax#2?
>
>> (bad)  p=session.execute("select PZ.p_id,PZ.pimage_num from dbo.P
>> with(nolock) inner join dbo.PZ PZ with(nolock) on PZ.p_id = p.p_id  inner
>> join dbo.D D with(nolock) on D.p_id = p.p_id AND D.pimage_num=PZ.pimage_num
>> where p.contract=:mycontract and D.srtype_id
>> =5").bindparam('mycontract').fetchall()
>> A value is required for bind parameter 'mycontract'
>>
>>
>> #Incorrect Syntax #3?
> This in the link
> <https://bitbucket.org/zzzeek/sqlalchemy/issues/4161/sql-server-string-use-case>
>   indicated.
> Page says that a "String(50).with_variant(String(50,
> convert_unicode='force'), 'mssql')" has worked for Jan K. but it doesn't
> really say how does somebody converts their variable into correct type
> string:
>
>
>> like:
>> mycontract=cast(mycontract, String(convert_unicode='force'))
>>
>>
>> #Incorrect Syntax #4?
>
>> Since I'm passing params right after my statement should the bindparam be
>> in params section?
>> something along:
>> params={'mycontract':sqlalchemy.string(mycontract).convert_unicode='force')})
>>
>> The easiest way would be to convert mycontract into proper
>> String(convert_unicode='force') and pass mycontract as in my original query?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>> You can find that the query that uses NVARCHAR does an index scan has
>> 30,909 logical reads on the dbo.P table.  It also uses 890 ms of CPU and
>> has a total elapsed time of 938 ms.
>>
>> The query that uses VARCHAR does an index seek and has 7 logical reads on
>> the dbo.P table.  It uses 0 ms of CPU and has a total elapsed time of 11 ms.
>>
>>
>>  p=*session.execute*("select PZ.p_id,PZ.pimage_num from dbo.P
>> with(nolock) inner join dbo.PZ PZ with(nolock) on PZ.p_id = p.p_id  inner
>> join dbo.D D with(nolock) on D.p_id = p.p_id AND D.pimage_num=PZ.pimage_num
>> where p.current=:mycurrent and D.srtype_id
>> =5",params={'mycurrent':str(mycurrent)}).fetchall()
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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