I have a Sql Server database (version 2008 running databases in 2000 mode) and I want to generate some XML files using data from this db. I have XML schema for this XML.
I've though of 3 ways to do it.
SQL Server select FOR EXPLICIT
The query would be a little messy, but I am familiar with writing sql statements. The problem is that generated XML will require additional operations like changing some enum ints to strings. So it will look like:
Sql Server-(XML)-> Java Application
xml Creation -> Post Processing -> Schema Validation -> xml file
The dependencies are stored in SQL Query in form like Cases!Case!titles!title!name (pretty messy) and in additional operations in java.
JAXB generated classes and custom sql queries
XML created in java in application logic I would manually write queries to retrieve data and put them in the right tag/attribute.
The dependencies are stored in java code:
in select queries (select number,... from ...)
case.setNumber(rs.getInt("number"));
JAXB generated classes with less queries
So I notice that in case 2 I have the same information in 2 places, so I want to store this bindings field=column. Then I can generate select queries and copy loops using reflection.
The way of storing:
-hashmap<String,String> field,column
-annotations to fields genereted from XML Schema using Annotate Plugin, then I get annotiatons for each field in class and generate query.
Maybe there is another way I have not considered yet.
I want to make it in lets say professional way to practise something new during a quite simple task.
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I use Spring Data JPA (hibernate) generated queries for fetching data from my Sqlserver. Now i am getting performance related issues in my system.
Load findByLoadId(Integer loadId);
This is the query i am using to get data. This query returns 25 cell data but i only use 5 data from that.
can i use direct native query like
select id,date,createdBy,createdOn,loadName from Load where
loadId=:loadId
but if native query is suggestable then I am having question like Does ORM frameWork reduce performence by getting unneeded data from Database?
By "data cell" I assume that you are referring to database table columns, and not to records. The answer to your question is that yes, ORM frameworks might tend to just do a SELECT * under the hood, which can result in unwanted information being sent across the network to your application. If the JPA repository interface is behaving this way, you may switch to either an explicit JPA query (e.g. using the #Query annotation), or even a native query. Then, just select the columns you want. The issue here is that ORM frameworks map object templates (e.g. classes) to entire database tables. So, the concept of entity implicitly includes every database column. If you go with the option of selecting only certain columns, you may need to do some juggling on the Java side. Note that if the use a JPA query, your code would still, in theory, be database independent.
I am having an xml file which contains data from different tables.
These tables are linked to each other.
I want to access Records from the xml.
Can i write SQL select query on Xml file.
No, you cannot use SQL for XML files. Either move the data to a relational store or use a hierarchical query language.
All you can expect after such a vague question is a bunch of random keywords (like XQuery, eXist, XPath, Oracle XML Db, MarkLogic, Jaxen). Probably none of them is relevant to whatever problem you might have at hand.
My requirement is I want to diff two database which can be any database ,for now considering 3 database Oracle,MySQL,PostGresql and suppose if any of two database has a common schema with common table name,but lets say those two tables are different. The tables can have different column or different column data type etc.How can I generate a diff query which on can be executed on a particular DB to make both of them equal. I was going through schemacrawler(http://schemacrawler.sourceforge.net/how-to.html) but didint got any API which can be used to generated DDL. Though the tool is good to crawl through schema and table -columns etc,but how can I generate DDL in java so that I can make both database equal. I can get database meta data using java api but how can I use it to generate appropriate DDL to make both database equal,if possible please paste sample code snippet.
We use tool called DBSolo to compare schema and generate diff sql. It is invoked via scripts, not using java code though.
I used liquibase in my personal work. The example given are in script, it will be trivial to integrate using java.
I am building an application at work and need some advice. I have a somewhat unique problem in which I need to gather data housed in a MS SQL Server, and transplant it to a mySQL Server every 15 mins.
I have done this previously in C# with a DataGrid, but now am trying to build a Java version that I can run on an Ubuntu Server, but I can not find a similar model for Java.
Just to give a little background
When I pull the data from the MS SQL Server, it always has 9 columns, but could have anywhere from 0 - 1000 rows.
Before inserting into the mySQL Server blindly, I do manipulate some of the data.
I convert a time column to CST based on a STATE column
I strip some characters to prevent SQL injection
I tried using the ResultSet, but I am having issues with the "forward only result sets" rules.
What would be the best data structure to hold that information, manipulate it, and then parse it to insert later into mySQL?
This sounds like a job for PreparedStatements!
Defined here: http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/sql/PreparedStatement.html
Quick example: http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/jdbc/basics/prepared.html
PreparedStatements allows you to batch up sets of data before pushing them into the target database. They also allow you use the PreparedStatement.setString method which handles escaping characters for you.
For the time conversion thing, I would retrieve the STATE value from the row and then retrieve the time value. Before calling PreparedStatement.setDate, convert the time to CST if necessary.
I dont think that you would need all the overhead that an ORM tool requires.
You could consider using an ORM technology like Hibernate. This might seem a little heavyweight at first, but it means you can maintain the various table mappings for various databases with ease as well as having the power of Java's RegEx lib for any manipulation requirements.
So you'd have a Java class that represents the source table (with its Hibernate mapping) and another Java class that represents the target table and lastly a conversion utility class that does any manipulation of that data. Hibernate takes care of the CRUD SQL for you, so no need to worry about Database specific SQL (as long as you get the mapping correct).
It also lessens the SQL injection problem
I'm working on a web based application that belongs to an automobil manufacturer, developed in Spring-Hibernate with MS SQL Server 2005 database.
There are three kind of use cases:
1) Through this application, end users can request for creating a Car, Bus, Truck etc through web based interfaces. When a user logs in, a HTML form gets displayed for capturing technical specification of vehicle, for ex, if someone wanted to request for Car, he can speify the Engine Make/Model, Tire, Chassis details etc and submit the form. I'm using Hibernate here for persistence, i.e. I've a Car Entity that gets saved in DB for each such request.
2) This part of the application deals with generation of reports. These reports mainly dela with number of requests received in a day and the summary. Some of the reports calculate Turnaround time for individual Create vehicle requests.
I'm using plain JDBC calls with Preparedstatement (if report can be generated with SQLs), Callablestatement (if report is complex enough and needs a DB procedure/Function to fetch all details) and HibernateCallback to execute the SQLs/Procedures and display information on screen.
3) Search: This part of application allows ensd users to search for various requests data, i.e. how many vehicle have been requested in a Year etc. I'm using DB procedure with CallableStatement..Once again executing these procedures within HibernateCallback, populating and returning search result on GUI in a POJO.
I'm using native SQL in (2) and (3) above, because for the reporting/search purpose the report data structure to display on screen is not matching with any of my Entity. For ex: Car entity has got more than 100 attributes in itself, but for reporting purpose I don't need more than 10 of them.. so i just though loading all 100 attributes does not make any sense, so why not use plain SQL and retrieve just the data needed for displaying on screen.
Similarly for Search, I had to write procedures/Functions because search algorithm is not straight forward and Hibernate has no way to write a stored procedure kind of thing.
This is working fine for proto type, however I would like to know
a. If my approach for using native SQLs and DB procedures are fine for case 2 and 3 based on my judgement.
b. Also whether executing SQLs in HibernateCallback is correct approach?
Need expert's help.
I would like to know (...) if my approach for using native SQLs and DB procedures are fine for case 2 and 3 based on my judgment
Nothing forces your to use a stored procedure for case 2, you could use HQL and projections as already pointed out:
select f.id, f.firstName from Foo f where ...
Which would return an Object[] or a List<Object[]> depending on the where condition.
And if you want type safe results, you could use a SELECT NEW expression (assuming you're providing the appropriate constructor):
select new Foo(f.id, f.firstName) from Foo f
And you can even return non entities
select new com.acme.LigthFoo(f.id, f.firstName) from Foo f
For case 3, the situation seems different. Just in case, note that the Criteria API is more appropriate than HQL to build dynamic queries. But it looks like this won't help here.
I would like to know (...) whether executing SQLs in HibernateCallback is correct approach?
First of all, there are several restrictions when using stored procedures and I prefer to avoid them when possible. Secondly, if you want to return entities, it isn't the only way and simplest solution as we saw. So for case 2, I would consider using HQL.
For case 3, since you aren't returning entities at all, I would consider not using Hibernate API but the JDBC support from Spring which offers IMHO a cleaner API than Session#connection() and the HibernateCallback.
More interesting readings:
References
Hibernate Core reference guide
14.6. The select clause (about the select new)
16.1.5. Returning non-managed entities (about ResultTransformer)
16.2.2. Using stored procedures for querying
Resources
Hibernate 3.2: Transformers for HQL and SQL
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You should strive to use as much HQL as possible, unless you have a good argument (like performance, but do a benchmark first). If the use of native queries becomes to excessive, you should consider whether Hibernate has been a good choice.
Note a few things:
you can have native queries and stored procedures that result in Hibernate entities. You just have to map the query / storproc call to a class and call it by session.createSQLQuery(queryName)
If you really need to construct native queries at runtime, the newest version of hibernate have a doWork(..) method, by which you can do JDBC work.
You say
For ex: Car entity has got more than 100 attributes in itself, but for reporting purpose I don't need more than 10 of them.. so i just though loading all 100 attributes does not make any sense
but HQL in hibernate allows you to do a projection (select only a subset of the columns back). You don't have to pull the entire entity if you don't want to.
Then you get all the benefits of HQL (typing of results, HQL join syntax) but you can pretty much write SQLish code.
See here for the HQL docs and here for the select syntax. If you're used to SQL it's pretty easy.
So to answer you directly
a - No, I think you should be using HQL
b - Becomes irrelevant if you go with my suggestion for a.