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    Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

    Hi all,

    I'm tying to make my own "SQL Genie" to allow select commands only and make it available to certain users of my application. I've got it working in so far as they can pick a database, select a table and select columns from that table. What I'm trying to figure out is the best and fastest way to display the query results to the user in a table format so that they can copy and paste them. Basically just like MSSQL server management studio would or like the built in alpha genie does when building a component.

    A list doesn't seem to work because there is no way I can find to easily and dynamically change the fields and layout.

    If I loop through the result set, it get's really slow so I don't want to build the HTML or something that way.

    There are some handy xbasic functions available:
    Result Set.......
    .ToString()
    .ToCSV()
    .ToJSON
    .ToJSONObjectSyntax()

    etc....

    They look interesting and they seem to work quickly.

    I'm just having trouble getting that data formatted correctly for the users to see and manipulate on my UX

    Any ideas?
    Last edited by -Jinx-; 05-14-2015, 12:39 PM.

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    Re: Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

    I have been fighting with a very similar problem for months. The only solution I have found so far is to run the query using Xbasic, put the results in two tables (header for column names and detail for data) with generic column names and then build a report on those tables. The result is not very pretty - made worse by the fact that alpha reports translate nulls in numeric fields into zeros on the report. If you find another solution, I would love to hear about it in detail.

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      #3
      Re: Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

      Well,
      I have it working good enough to debug it. It's still pretty slow when the query has a lot of results but if you filter it, it works OK.

      I ended up having Xbasic write some javascript to populate the inner html of a div with a table. The table is pretty basic right now but it has dynamic column names in the table head and a column left for the row number. I'm working on getting it to look more like MSSQL management studio with results and stuff.

      I wish I knew the methods Alpha 5 is using to pull results for grids and lists and such and if they were exposed somewhere. That would be much nicer.

      One of the reasons that it's so slow is that I have to not only convert the result set using .ToJSONObjectSyntax() but I have to use crlf_to_comma() to convert that from crlf delimited to comma delimited (or it won't work in JavaScript) and then I have to js_escape() it because there might be stuff in the sql that javascript doesn't like. Shouldn't .ToJSONObjectSyntax() just DO that?
      Last edited by -Jinx-; 05-15-2015, 02:41 PM.

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        #4
        Re: Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

        Shouldn't .ToJSONObjectSyntax() just DO that?
        actually in version 11, which is what I have, rs.toJSONObjectSyntax produces single quoted values which are not good as they are not standard. I have to convert not only crlf_to_comma and then single quotes to double quotes. (for example {"name":'gandhi'})
        it is lot easier for me to write directly to json object syntax myself sometimes, without worrying about converting a string to some other string.

        however so far I have not found writing to a table being slow. or may be my dataset is small.
        thanks for reading

        gandhi

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          #5
          Re: Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

          Originally posted by GGandhi View Post
          however so far I have not found writing to a table being slow. or may be my dataset is small.
          Hi Gandhi,
          Yeah, I tried to loop through the result set instead of using one of the functions described above but it got really slow at some point. I'm not sure the exact number of records. Using the functions is faster but it's still slow with a large set.

          I've got another issue. For some reason the table styling is affecting my whole page. I need to figure out how not to do that. Stick this code in a button on a UX and make sure you have a edit combo box on it somewhere. That should reproduce the issue of the edit combo box getting a border when clicking the button. On a tabbed UI it's even worse. Lots of stuff magically gets borders.

          Anyway, here is the snippet of JavaScript code that my Xbasic sends back to my client.
          Code:
          var data = '[{"tnumber" : "06900", "file_location" : "P:\\\\Secured\\\\ReleasedPDF\\\\Tooling\\\\069\\\\06900.pdf"},\n{"tnumber" : "06901", "file_location" : "P:\\\\Secured\\\\ReleasedPDF\\\\Tooling\\\\069\\\\06901.pdf"},\n{"tnumber" : "06902", "file_location" : "P:\\\\Secured\\\\ReleasedPDF\\\\Tooling\\\\069\\\\06902.pdf"},\n{"tnumber" : "06903", "file_location" : "P:\\\\Secured\\\\ReleasedPDF\\\\Tooling\\\\069\\\\06903.pdf"},\n{"tnumber" : "06904", "file_location" : "P:\\\\Secured\\\\ReleasedPDF\\\\Tooling\\\\069\\\\06904.pdf"},\n{"tnumber" : "06905", "file_location" : "P:\\\\Secured\\\\ReleasedPDF\\\\Tooling\\\\069\\\\06905.pdf"},\n{"tnumber" : "06906", "file_location" : "P:\\\\Secured\\\\ReleasedPDF\\\\Tooling\\\\069\\\\06906.pdf"},\n{"tnumber" : "06907", "file_location" : "P:\\\\Secured\\\\ReleasedPDF\\\\Tooling\\\\069\\\\06907.pdf"},\n{"tnumber" : "06908", "file_location" : "P:\\\\Secured\\\\ReleasedPDF\\\\Tooling\\\\069\\\\06908.pdf"},\n{"tnumber" : "06909", "file_location" : "P:\\\\Secured\\\\ReleasedPDF\\\\Tooling\\\\069\\\\06909.pdf"},\n{"tnumber" : "06910", "file_location" : "P:\\\\Secured\\\\ReleasedPDF\\\\Tooling\\\\069\\\\06910.pdf"}]';
          var obj = JSON.parse(data);
          var inhtml = '<style>table, th, td {border: 1px solid black;border-collapse: collapse;}th,td{padding: 5px;}</style><table style=width:100%><tr><th></th><th>tnumber</th><th>file_location</th></tr>'
          for (i = 0; i <11; i++){
          inhtml = inhtml + '<tr><td>' + i +'</td><td>' + obj[i].tnumber+'</td><td>' + obj[i].file_location+'</td></tr>';
          }
          inhtml = inhtml + '</tr></table>';
          $('RESULTS').innerHTML= inhtml;
          $('MESSAGE').innerHTML= 'Success<br>11: Row(s) Affected';
          {dialog.object}.showContainerWindow(this,'WINDOW_1');
          You will need two divs on the page for this info to get into.

          Code:
          <div id = "MESSAGE"></div>
          <div id = "RESULTS"></div>

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            #6
            Re: Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

            BTW, if I clear the inner HTML of the div that the table is in when I close the window, the page returns to normal. Maybe this is just something about CSS that I don't get. I know next to nothing about it.

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              #7
              Re: Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

              I tested your code it does not take a lot of time either in a dialog or in an a5w page, I am trying to beautify the table by alternating color somehow not yet possible.
              I will try some more and let you know.
              edit:
              I can alternate the colors but I am not sure what is your end results would be.
              Last edited by GGandhi; 05-15-2015, 08:53 PM.
              thanks for reading

              gandhi

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                Re: Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

                Originally posted by GGandhi View Post
                I tested your code it does not take a lot of time either in a dialog or in an a5w page, I am trying to beautify the table by alternating color somehow not yet possible.
                I will try some more and let you know.
                edit:
                I can alternate the colors but I am not sure what is your end results would be.
                That code is fast. It's the XBasic that creates the JavaScript above which is slow with a lot of rows.

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                  #9
                  Re: Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

                  Would you please show that portion and how you are getting the result?
                  thanks for reading

                  gandhi

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                    #10
                    Re: Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

                    Originally posted by GGandhi View Post
                    Would you please show that portion and how you are getting the result?
                    I'll post the relevant portion when I get back to work.

                    The XBasic puts the table information into the 'data' variable in the above code. The more results you get from your query, the bigger the data variable gets. At around 7,000 rows of data, it takes about 8 seconds to run the XBasic, and another 5 to run the JavaScript. It goes up exponentially as you add columns and rows.

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                      #11
                      Re: Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

                      just the code segment or sample where you get the data from your server after the connection string, for example the sql statement, I think.
                      I am wondering why it should take 8 seconds because all sql servers do the query in milliseconds.

                      edit: or there may be problem before the code goes to the server?
                      Last edited by GGandhi; 05-16-2015, 12:11 PM.
                      thanks for reading

                      gandhi

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                        #12
                        Re: Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

                        The SQL is fast, it's the XBasic operations that I need to perform on the result set in order to make the JSON string for the 'data' variable that's slow.

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                          #13
                          Re: Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

                          it's the XBasic operations that I need to perform on the result set
                          this is what confusing me.
                          it is just one operation to convert to json syntax. then fill in what alpha should have done correct to start with to fit your need.
                          anyway you can post whatever you feel right when you get back to work.
                          thanks for reading

                          gandhi

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                            Re: Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

                            Originally posted by GGandhi View Post
                            this is what confusing me.
                            it is just one operation to convert to json syntax. then fill in what alpha should have done correct to start with to fit your need.
                            anyway you can post whatever you feel right when you get back to work.
                            You really need to try it with a large amount of returned rows to see the speed difference. Just getting the result set itself (coverting it to Xbasic from SQL or whatever Alpha does behind the scenes) takes a long time.

                            In the code below, I have a timer that gets the current time before the Xbasic runs and then the time just before it exits the Xbasic. It finds the difference and gives that to you as "Elapsed Time"

                            Here is an exerpt of the code that I think you can work with.

                            columns comes in as an array of data for me as the individual columns that are part of the query.

                            You should be able to play with this as you like. I haven't had time to optimize or clean up the code yet, so it's still a little messy.

                            Code:
                            function GetResult as c (e as p)
                            
                            	
                            dim stm as c = time()
                            dim t1 as Y = ctot(stm)
                            
                            dim result as c
                            dim results as c
                            dim inhtml as c = "'<style>table, th, td {border: 1px solid black;border-collapse: collapse;}th,td{padding: 5px;}</style><table style=width:100%><tr><th></th>"
                            dim cmd as c
                            dim db as c
                            dim table as c
                            dim columns as p = e.dataSubmitted.COLUMNS
                            dim cnt as n = 0
                            dim callres as c
                            dim cn as SQL::Connection
                            dim args as SQL::Arguments
                            	if cn.open("::Name::")	then
                            		dim sqlCmd as c = cmd
                            		if cn.Execute(sqlCmd) then
                            			dim rs as SQL::ResultSet
                            			rs = cn.ResultSet
                            				if rs.NextRow() then
                            					result = rs.ToJSONObjectSyntax()
                            					cnt = w_count(result,chr(13))
                            					results = "["
                            						for i = 1 to cnt
                            							results = results + word(result,i,chr(13)) + crlf()
                            						next
                            					results = crlf_to_comma(results)
                            					results = js_escape(results)
                            					results = "var data = '" + results
                            					results = results + "]';" + crlf()+ "var obj = JSON.parse(data);"
                            					if columns[1] <> "" then
                            						clmcnt = columns.SIZE()
                            							for i = 1 to clmcnt
                            								inhtml = inhtml + "<th>" + columns[i] + "</th>"
                            							next
                            						inhtml = inhtml + "</tr>'"
                            						results = results  + crlf() + "var inhtml = " + inhtml + crlf() + "for (i = 0; i <"+cnt+"; i++){" + crlf() + "inhtml = inhtml + '<tr><td>' + i +'</td>"
                            							for i = 1 to clmcnt
                            								results = results + "<td>' + obj[i]."+columns[i]+"+'</td>"
                            							next
                            						results = results + "</tr>'" + ";" + crlf() + "}"+ crlf() + "inhtml = inhtml + '</tr></table>';" + crlf() + "$('RESULTS').innerHTML= inhtml;"
                            					end if
                            				end if
                            		end if
                            	end if
                            
                            
                            dim ftm as c = time()
                            dim t2 as Y = ctot(ftm)
                            dim qt as N = (t2 - t1)
                            
                            callres = js_escape(cn.CallResult.Text)
                            results = results + crlf() + "$('MESSAGE').innerHTML= '" + callres + "<br>Elapsed Time: " + qt +" Sec <br>" + cnt + ": Row(s) Affected" + "';"
                            results = results + crlf() +"{dialog.object}.showContainerWindow(this,'WINDOW_1');"
                            	if cn.CallResult.Text <> "Success" then
                            		results = results + crlf() + "{grid.object}.selectTabPane('TAB_1','Messages');"
                            	end if
                            	
                            debug(1)
                            
                            GetResult= results
                            end function

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                              #15
                              Re: Show Results of Xbasic SQL Query in UX

                              yes there are lots of things going on in your code
                              result = rs.ToJSONObjectSyntax()
                              what doeS that return? it seems that you are working too much on the resultset to me
                              I am not sure why you need cnt.
                              thanks for reading

                              gandhi

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