MS Search Service, Indexing Service and SQL Server: search engine for ASP.NET website

Quick and Dirty method to Combine MS Search Service, Indexing Service and SQL Server to provide a unified search engine for your ASP.NET website

WebSite for a company and search engine is required.

They had the contents in .aspx pages, not a problem, but they also had forums whose contents were collated in a database table, in a column to be precise. They wanted me to display the results from these two sources through a common search engine. Since I had little time to write a search engine of my own, I put the power of MS Search Service, Indexing Service and SQL Server together to do the task for me. There is a lot of scope for enhancement but here is how you can implement a very basic yet powerful search engine of your own.

STEP I: Create a Web Catalog in Indexing Service

By default, the indexing service has two catalogs, one for the file system (System) and one for the default web site (Web).
If Web catalog is not present, you can easily create one.

1. Open Control Panel –> Administrative Tools –> Computer Management
2. Scroll down to Computer Management–> Services and Applications –> Indexing Service in the MMC
3. Right click Indexing Service and choose New –> Catalog
4. In the name field give Web and choose C:\Inetpub as the location
5. Right click the newly created catalog, choose Properties. Click on the Tracking tab of the properties window. Select "Default Web Site" as the WWW server.
6. Restart Indexing Service
7. Go to Computer Management –> Services and Applications –> Services and configure Indexing Service as Automatic if it is Manual or Disabled.

STEP II: Optimize ASPX and ASCX files for full-text search

By default, the *.aspx and *.ascx file types are treated as text files which are not optimized for searching by the Indexing Service. To optimize searching for these two file types copy the following into a new .reg file and run it in your computer. The customary warning: Editing registry incorrectly may prohibit your computer to run properly. Edit the registry at your own risk. I may not be held responsible for the damage you do to your computer by incorrectly following the steps below.

   REGEDIT4
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.aspx\PersistentHandler]
   @="{eec97550-47a9-11cf-b952-00aa0051fe20}"
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ascx\PersistentHandler]
   @="{eec97550-47a9-11cf-b952-00aa0051fe20}"

You must have Index files with Unknown Extensions enabled. To enable this, right click on Indexing Service, choose Properties and click on Generation tab on the window. Check Index files with Unknown Extensions checkbox. Restart the computer, stop Indexing Service, delete all the contents of the catalog.wci folder (not the folder itself) corresponding to your catalog (in this case C:\Inetpub\catalog.wci), start the Indexing Service and allow it to rebuild the catalog.

STEP III: Using Full-Text Searches directly in ASP.NET Applications

This is not actually a step but a side step where you can take a pause for a moment and test whether your newly created catalog is returning some results. If you don’t have a database to worry about, then this might be your last step unless you want to link the Indexing Service with SQL Server.

Indexing service exposes itself via the OLEDB provider MSIDXS. You can take the full advantage of the server in your ASP.NET application via ADO.NET. If  you have a TextBox (TextBox1), a Button (Button1) and a DataGrid (DataGrid1) on your web form and the Web catalog in place, this might as well be the content of your button click handler:

using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;
…….
…….
private void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
      string strCatalog = "Web";
      string strQuery = "Select Filename, Rank, VPath from SCOPE() where FREETEXT(‘" + TextBox1.Text + "’)";
      string connString = "Provider=MSIDXS.1;Integrated Security .=»;Data Source=’" + strCatalog + "’";
      OleDbConnection Connection = new OleDbConnection(connString);
      Connection.Open();
      OleDbDataAdapter da = new OleDbDataAdapter(strQuery, Connection);
      DataSet ds = new DataSet();
      da.Fill(ds);
      Connection.Close();
      DataView source= new DataView(ds.Tables[0]);
      DataGrid1.DataSource = source;
      DataGrid1.DataBind();
}

STEP IV: Link Indexing Service with SQL Server

The next step is to link the Indexing Service with your SQL Server. Open Query Analyzer or your favourite SQL script editor. Run the following script.

EXEC sp_addlinkedserver FTIndexWeb, ‘Index Server’, ‘MSIDXS’, ‘Web’
GO

where FTIndexWeb is the chosen linked server name, and Web is the catalog name you created in STEP I.

STEP V: Querying Indexing Service via SQL Server

Let’s modify the previous query and run it in SQL server. Run the following query in Query Analyzer.

SELECT Q.FileName, Q.Rank, Q.VPath
FROM OpenQuery(
FTIndexWeb,
‘Select Filename, Rank, VPath
from SCOPE()
where FREETEXT(»Calcutta»)
ORDER BY Rank DESC’
              ) AS Q

Replace FTIndexWeb with whatever linked server name you chose in step IV and Calcutta with your search keyword(s).

STEP VI: Enabling a table/column in SQL Server for full-text searches

Open Enterprise Manager.

Browse to Console Root–>; Microsoft SQL Servers –> Databases –> Tables. Check two things before you proceed.

1. The table where you want full-text searching enabled, must have some unique constraint. If a primary key or a unique constraint is not present, create an "ID" column and apply a unique constraint.
2. Microsoft Search Service (mssearch.exe) must have been enabled and running in your computer. If not, browse to Computer Management –> Services and Applications–> Services in Computer Management MMC and configure Microsoft Search Service as Automatic and start the service.

On the Enterprise Manager MMC, right click on your table and choose Full-Text Index Table –> Define Full-Text Indexing on a table. If the option is grayed out, check #2 above.

Click Next on the popped up wizard .
Choose the unique index and click Next.
Choose the columns where you want indexing enabled. Click Next.
Give the catalog a name and specify a physical location to store the catalog. Click Next.

If you want the control over how and when the catalog is filled (full or incremental) click on New Catalog Schedule.
After configuring it, come back to Full-Text Indexing Wizard and click Next. Click Finish.

The wizard takes a minute or two to setup the catalog.

STEP VII: Querying Full-Text Catalog in SQL Server

Let’s test the newly created catalog in SQL Server. Run the following query.

SELECT FT_TBL.subject, KEY_TBL.RANK, FT_TBL.topicid
FROM forums_topics AS FT_TBL,
CONTAINSTABLE ( forums_topics
                ,   message
                , ‘"Calcutta"’ )
AS KEY_TBL
WHERE FT_TBL.topicid = KEY_TBL.[KEY]
ORDER BY KEY_TBL.RANK DESC

Forums_Topics is the table name and Message is the column name on which full-text catalog is built. Replace Calcutta with your search keyword(s).

STEP VIII: Combining the results

The steps to combine the results would be to

1. Create a temporary table
2. Insert the results of the first query
3. Insert the results of the second query
4. Query the temp table
5. Drop the temp table

We need a stored procedure for this and here it is:

CREATE PROCEDURE sp_Accounts_SearchSite
@FreeText varchar (255)
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
CREATE TABLE #tempresults(
ID int IDENTITY,
FileNames varchar (255),
Rank int,
VPath varchar(255))
DECLARE @sql nvarchar(1000)
SET @sql = N’INSERT INTO #tempresults(FileNames, Rank, VPath) ‘ + CHAR(13) +
N’SELECT Q.FileName As FileNames, Q.Rank As Rank, Q.VPath As VPath ‘ + CHAR(13) +
N’FROM OpenQuery(FTIndexWeb, »Select Filename, Rank, VPath from SCOPE() where FREETEXT(»»’ + @FreeText + »»’)» ) AS Q’
EXECUTE sp_executesql @sql
SET @SQL = N’INSERT INTO #tempresults(FileNames, Rank, VPath) ‘ + CHAR(13) +
N’SELECT FT_TBL.subject As FileNames, KEY_TBL.RANK As Rank, FT_TBL.topicid As VPath ‘ + CHAR(13) +
N’FROM forums_topics AS FT_TBL, ‘ + CHAR(13) +
N’CONTAINSTABLE ( forums_topics ‘ + CHAR(13) +
N’, message’ + CHAR(13) +
N’, »"’ + @FreeText + ‘"» ) ‘ + CHAR(13) +
N’AS KEY_TBL’ + CHAR(13) +
N’WHERE FT_TBL.topicid = KEY_TBL.[KEY] ‘
EXECUTE sp_executesql @sql
SELECT FileNames, Rank, VPath from #tempresults ORDER BY Rank DESC
DROP TABLE #tempresults
SET NOCOUNT OFF
GO

STEP IX: Modify your .NET Application

The rest is a piece of cake. Your Button click handler should now look like this:

using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient; // Bye Bye OleDb
…….
…….
private void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
      string connString = @"server=****;database=****;uid=****;pwd=****;";
      string storedProcName = "sp_Accounts_SearchSite";
      SqlConnection Connection = new SqlConnection(connString);
      Connection.Open();
      SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand( storedProcName, Connection );
      command.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
      command.Parameters.Add("@FreeText", TextBox1.Text);
      SqlDataAdapter sqlDA = new SqlDataAdapter();
      sqlDA.SelectCommand = command;
      DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();
      sqlDA.Fill( dataSet, "mySearchResults" );
      Connection.Close();
      DataView source = new DataView(dataSet.Tables[0]);
      DataGrid1.DataSource = source;
      DataGrid1.DataBind();
}

The grid will show results from your file system as well as from your database tables. With everything indexed, the result is lightening fast for hundreds of results if not millions.

Many of you might think that there remains a lot to be told. But didn’t I say it was quick and dirty? No pun intended.

To learn more about how to compose your own queries for full-text searches, visit the MSDN website at http://msdn.microsoft.com.

With little logic of your own, you can have a nice search engine which would query different sources differently based on your own requirements.

For example, you can redefine the scope (Deep Copy Traversal, Swallow Copy Traversal ring a bell?) and can do regular expression searches. You are the one to set your own limit.

By Ram Dash.

Reference: http://www.gisremotesensing.com/2011/05/unified-search-engine.html

Indexing Server and Sql Server

http://microsoft.public.sqlserver.fulltext.narkive.com/zbQKh2Km/ole-db-provider-msidxs-reported-an-error-access-denied

EXEC sp_addlinkedserver Web,’Index Server’,’MSIDXS’,’CarenetWeb’

where CarenetWeb is a catalog on the local server.

You can’t build a linked server to a remote IS catalog, but you can query it like this

Select * from openquery(LinkedServerName,’Select DocTitle, Vpath, Characterization from RemoteServerName.RemoteCatalogName..Scope()
where FileName like »%.txt»’)

Using Query analyzer connected to the Sql server I executed a sp_addlinked server:

EXEC sp_addlinkedserver FileSystem, ‘Index Server’, ‘MSIDXS’, ‘CatalogName’

In the Sql Management console, under Security –> Linked Servers –>Properties, I set the Security tab option to "Be made using this security context:" and assigned a domain account that is a member of the local Administrators group on the remote server where the queried catalog resides.

Then constructed a query like this:

SELECT DocTitle, vpath, Filename, Size, Contents, characterization, PATH, URL, A_Href, rank, write
FROM RemoteServer.CatalogName..SCOPE(»" + this.Scope + "»)
Where FREETEXT(Contents,»" SearchPhrase"»)

Which I was able to then execute while connected with a sql account that was a db_owner.

The Sql Server Agent runs under a domain account, which is a member of the remote server’s Administrators group.

check
1) the IS server is running locally.
2) the catalog is indexing directories, expand the directories folder and verify there are directories there
3) the directories indexed are both real and virtual (the virtual directories have blue globes on them),
4) there are documents in the physical directories.

Also can you try this code agains your remote catalog – make sure you change this entry to reflect your actual remote server name and catalog

@objIxsso, ‘catalog’, ‘query://remoteservername.remotecatalogname’

create procedure sp_indexServer @input char(255)
as
declare @HResult int
declare @objIxsso int
declare @RecordSet int
declare @recordCount int
declare @Count int
declare @fields int
declare @path varchar(100)
declare @vpath varchar(100)
declare @doctitle varchar(100)
declare @size varchar(100)
declare @filename varchar(100)
declare @write varchar(100)
declare @rank varchar(100)
declare @hitcount varchar(100)
—
EXEC @HResult = sp_OACreate ‘Ixsso.query’, @objIxsso Out
EXEC @HResult = sp_OASetProperty @objIxsso, ‘Query’, @input
EXEC @HResult = sp_OASetProperty
@objIxsso, ‘catalog’, ‘query://remoteservername.remotecatalogname’
EXEC @HResult = sp_OASetProperty @objIxsso, ‘Columns’, _
‘path, vpath, doctitle,size,filename,write,rank,hitcount’
EXEC @HResult = sp_OASetProperty
@objIxsso, ‘MaxRecords’, ‘200’
EXEC @HResult = sp_OASetProperty @objIxsso, ‘SortBy’, ‘rank
[d]’
IF @HResult <> 0
BEGIN
EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @objIxsso
RETURN
END
exec @HResult =sp_OAMethod @objIxsso,_
‘CreateRecordSet("nonsequential")’,@recordSet OUTPUT
IF @HResult <> 0
BEGIN
EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @objIxsso
RETURN
END
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty
@recordSet, ‘RecordCount’,_
@RecordCount output
IF @HResult <> 0
BEGIN
EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @recordset
RETURN
END
if @recordcount =0
print ‘No matches found’
else
begin
print convert (varchar(5),@recordcount) +’ matches found’
SET @Count = 1
WHILE ( @Count <= @RecordCount )
BEGIN
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @RecordSet, ‘fields’, _
@fields out,0
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @fields, ‘Value’, _
@path output
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @RecordSet, ‘fields’, _
@fields out,1
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @fields, ‘Value’, _
@vpath output
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @RecordSet, ‘fields’, _
@fields out,2
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @fields, ‘Value’, _
@doctitle output
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @RecordSet, ‘fields’, _
@fields out,3
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @fields, ‘Value’, _
@size output
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @RecordSet, ‘fields’, _
@fields out,4
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @fields, ‘Value’, _
@filename output
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @RecordSet, ‘fields’,
@fields out,5
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @fields, ‘Value’, @write
output
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @RecordSet, ‘fields’,
@fields out,6
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @fields, ‘Value’, @rank
output
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @RecordSet, ‘fields’,
@fields out,7
EXEC @HResult = sp_OAGetProperty @fields, ‘Value’,
@hitcount output
print @path +’, ‘ +@vpath+’, ‘+@doctitle+’, ‘+@size +’, ‘+_
@filename +’, ‘+@write+’, ‘+@rank+’, ‘+@hitcount
EXEC @HResult =sp_OAMethod @RecordSet, ‘MoveNext’
select @count=@Count+1
END
print @count
EXEC @HResult = sp_OADestroy @fields
IF @HResult <> 0
BEGIN
EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @fields
RETURN
END
END
EXEC @HResult = sp_OADestroy @recordset
IF @HResult <> 0
BEGIN
EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @recordset
RETURN
END
EXEC @HResult = sp_OADestroy @objIxsso
IF @HResult <> 0
BEGIN
EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @objIxsso
RETURN
END

Indexing Server notes

Instalar y configurar los servicios de Index Server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954822/es

De forma predeterminada, los servicios de Index Server no están instalados en un equipo basado en Windows Server 2008

Instalar
Herramientas administrativas -> Administrador de servidores.
Servicios de Index Server en Servicios de archivo de Windows Server 2003

Configuración
MMC Servicios de Index Server

Crear un Catálogo:
Nombre: extranetProductos
Ruta  : C:\CatalogosIndexServer\MyApp

Agregar carpetas para incluirlas en el "ámbito del catálogo"
"El ámbito es el conjunto de carpetas que se incluyen y excluyen del catálogo; el ámbito define el contenido que se incluye y excluye del índice"

Directories
    Path: \\serv\MyAppCMS\Dev\Products
        Account: DOMAIN\USER_NAS

    Incluir en el índice:
            Sí para incluir la carpeta en el catálogo
            No para excluir la carpeta del catálogo

Properties

 

Como complemento a Index Server, habría que instalar el complemento Adobe PDF iFilter 9 for 64-bit platforms, para la correcta indexación de archivos PDF:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=4025&fileID=3941

Y después habría que “reescanear” el directorio (All Tasks -> Rescan (Full))

Página ASP.NET de búsqueda personalizada para buscar el catálogo:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/820983

A tener en cuenta para IIS 7 sites:
    Install IIS 6 Management Compatibility
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Catalogs\[Catalog Name]
    Set ContentIndexed metabase property. cscript adsutil.vbs set w3svc/[web site instance]/root/[virtual director]/ContentIndexed 1

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/asiatech/2009/11/19/how-to-index-iis-7-0-web-sites-in-windows-server-2008-by-indexing-service/#comment-4135

Sobre catálogos (catalog.wci) en Index Server
http://bcs.fltr.ucl.ac.be/srchadm/help/cathlp.htm

Troubleshooting:    

      REG DELETE \\HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Catalogs /v <Catalog Name> 

    
     cisvc.exe = Content Index service or Indexing service
     cidaemon.exe = Indexing Service filter daemon

      Forcing Rescan with Indexing Service on Win2k
      I’ve tried selecting a Full Rescan, Incremental Rescan, and restarting the service.

net stop cisvc
cd "System Volume Information"\catalog.wci\
del *.*
cd \
net start cisvc

Stop the service, then right click the Indexing Service icon in MMC (the one in the tree on the left). Then go All Tasks, Tune Performance. There should be something like "this computer is mostly gonna be used for Index Service". That lets you raise the priority such that it’ll interrupt you. Its default setting, it stops indexing if the computer is doing any work.

 

Set objISAdm = CreateObject("Microsoft.ISAdm")
objISAdm.MachineName="MyServerName"
Set objCatAdm = objISAdm.GetCatalogByName("MyCatalog")
Set objScopeAdm = objCatAdm.GetScopeByPath("c:\FolderToReScan")
objScopeAdm.Rescan("TRUE")

In the last line, TRUE means do a full scan. Change it to FALSE to do an incremental scan.

http://www.piclist.com/techref/language/asp/ix/ixadmsvr.htm
http://www.piclist.com/techref/language/asp/ix/ixscan.htm

Página de Referencia en MSDN Microsoft Indexing Service
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee805985(v=vs.85).aspx

Note: Indexing Service is no longer supported as of Windows XP and is unavailable for use as of Windows 8. Instead, use Windows Search for client side search and Microsoft Search Server Express for server side search.

Microsoft Index Server Guide

http://bcs.fltr.ucl.ac.be/srchadm/help/default.htm#Top

Getting Started
https://blog.codinghorror.com/getting-started-with-indexing-service/

ODBC data sources on Windows Server 2008 x64

Windows Server 2008 x64 has both 32 bit ODBC data sources and 64 bit ODBC data sources. They are managed separately.

Setting up a 32 bit ODBC connection in Windows Server 2008 x64. Start, Run, C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe

To setup the 64 bit ODBC connection go to: Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Data Sources (ODBC).

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Microsoft Indexing Service
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681560(v=vs.85).aspx

“Microsoft Indexing Service exposes itself to the developer as an OLE DB provider. Its name is MSIDXS. You can use ADO.NET for querying your Indexing Service”

Connection String: "Provider=MSIDXS;Data Source=myCatalog;Locale Identifier=nnnn;"

https://www.connectionstrings.com/ole-db-provider-for-index-server/

Know all the OLE DB Providers registered on your system
http://omnicode.blogspot.com.es/2007_12_01_archive.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37748495/check-if-microsoft-ole-db-provider-for-index-server-aka-provider-msidxs-is-ins/37785940#37785940
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11128104/oledb-providers-not-found?rq=1

https://github.com/kjbartel/ConnectionDialog/blob/master/Source/ConnectionUIDialog/NativeMethods.cs

https://github.com/blfsir/benzoa/blob/ad5b015aaabcf63650a8b2e4431cb4b45bda88cf/UDS/SubModule/Query/Listview.aspx.cs

Guid for CLSID OLEDB is C8B522D0-5CF3-11ce-ADE5-00AA0044773D



internal static Guid IID_IUnknown = new Guid("00000000-0000-0000-c000-000000000046");

internal static Guid CLSID_DataLinks = new Guid("2206CDB2-19C1-11d1-89E0-00C04FD7A829");

internal static Guid CLSID_OLEDB_ENUMERATOR = new Guid("C8B522D0-5CF3-11ce-ADE5-00AA0044773D");

internal static Guid CLSID_MSDASQL_ENUMERATOR = new Guid("C8B522CD-5CF3-11ce-ADE5-00AA0044773D");

Guid guidOleDbEnum = new Guid("{C8B522D0-5CF3-11ce-ADE5-00AA0044773D}");

Type type = Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(guidOleDbEnum);

using (OleDbDataReader rdr = OleDbEnumerator.GetEnumerator(type))

{

while (rdr.Read())

Console.WriteLine("{0} – {1}", rdr["SOURCES_NAME"], rdr["SOURCES_DESCRIPTION"]);

}

https://www.gittprogram.com/question/2414475_which-sdk-to-use-for-indexing-service-integration.html

Indexing Service Administration Type Library (c:\Windows\system32\ciodm.dll) <- used for admin functions to add/remove catalogs and scopes

ixsso Control Library (c:\Windows\system32\ixxso.dll) <- used to run queries against the catalogs

Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects Recordset 2.8 Library (c:\Program Files\Common Files\System\ado\msdaor15.dll) <- used to read query records

There are two methods for querying the Indexing Service:

1) IXSSO.dll contains the Indexing Service Query Automation Objects – Query and Utility

This is also refered to as the Query Helper API of the Indexing Service, and runs as a user process.  The Query object can be used to create and execute a query, which causes the Indexing Service OLE DB provider to returnan ADO Recordset object.  This then needs to be converted to an .Net compatible object such as the OleDB DataTable.

2) MSIDXS.dll contains the OLE DB Provider for Indexing Service object.  This object can be used to create a oledb connection object and dataadapter object.  All settings for the search are done in the connection string and in query string using special SQL extensions for Indexing Service.

If using the IXSSO.dll in VB.Net the declarations look like…

Dim IndexQueryHelper As Object = CreateObject("ixsso.Query")

Dim IndexUtilities As Object = CreateObject("ixsso.Util")

Dim IndexAdminHelper As Object = CreateObject("Microsoft.ISAdm") ‘ciodm.dll

Also keep in mind that when using the ixsso.dll the results are returned as an ADO recordset, which is not directly compatible with .Net with utilizes the OLE DB assembly.  To convert the result try…

Dim ODA As OleDbDataAdapter = New OleDbDataAdapter

Dim SearchResults As DataTable = New DataTable("FilesList")

ODA.Fill(SearchResults, IndexQueryHelper.CreateRecordSet("sequential"))

Troubleshooting: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/954819

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSIDXS

Permissions for MSIDXS

Group or user names list: SYSTEM, ASPNET

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F9AE8980-7E52-11d0-8964-00C04FD611D7}\OLE DB Provider]

@="Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Indexing Service"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F9AE8980-7E52-11d0-8964-00C04FD611D7}\ProgID]

@="MSIDXS.1"

Proveedor Microsoft OLE DB para servicios de Index Server

     Provider=MSIDXS.1

     C:\WINNT\System32\Query.dll

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Microsoft Index Server and Microsoft Site Server Search

version 5.0.1781.3

msidxs.dll

SQL Server OLE DLL del proveedor (Sqloledb.dll) como ejemplo

1.En el símbolo del sistema, cambie a la carpeta C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB.

2.En el símbolo del sistema, escriba el comando siguiente: regsvr32 sqloledb.dll

Performance DataAccess Oracle and ODP.NET

FetchSize (OracleDataReader)

A number of blogs and sites mention increasing FetchSize of OracleDataReader to improve performance when fetching big volumes of data (e.g. thousands of rows). There are some documented experiments with exact numbers on this like:

http://metekarar.blogspot.com/2013/04/performance-improvement-for-odpnet.html

Table had a little more than 155K rows and was size of 31 MB. Yet, it took more than 5 minutes to complete for data adapter to fill data table.

The cause of the problem was the number of round trips client need to accomplish to get all the rows from database. If you can reduce the number of round trips, you can increase the fetch size so that in each turn command object will fetch more rows from database. Here is how it’s impletemented:

using (OracleConnection conn = new OracleConnection())
{
     OracleCommand comm = new OracleCommand();
     comm.Connection = conn;
     comm.FetchSize = comm.FetchSize * 8;
     comm.CommandText = "select * from some_table";

     try
     {
          conn.Open();
          OracleDataAdapter adap = new OracleDataAdapter(comm);
          System.Data.DataTable dt = new System.Data.DataTable();
          adap.Fill(dt);
     }
     finally
     {
          conn.Close();
     }
}

Notice the line with blue font, fetch size of command object increased by 8 times its default which is 128 KB at ODP.Net 11.2.0.3. OracleDataReader also has the FetchSize property. By increasing fetch size, you increase the cache size in memory to fetch rows.

What we gained is up to 96% performance improvement. Here are some timings with different fetch sizes:

Fetch Size             Timing (MI:SS.FF3)
Default (128 KB)       05:20.290
Default x 8 (1 MB)     00:52.941
Default x 32 (4 MB)    00:26.008
Default x 64 (8 MB)    00:12.409

Reference: http://metekarar.blogspot.com.es/2013/04/performance-improvement-for-odpnet.html

Strangely, unless the connection pooling is explicitly disabled (e.g. in the connection string), the increase/decrease of FetchSize stops having any effect. When the pooling is disabled though, it’s clear that the FetchSize can improve the performance (the more records, the bigger the effect).

It turns out that this unexpected behavior is limited to the following conditions: 1) The SELECT statement is exactly the same 2) The pooling is ON 3) The self-tuning is ON

Only in those conditions the first time the FetchSize is set, it gets somehow cached by ODP.NET and attempts to change it don’t work.

References Mark Williams
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/issue-archive/2006/06-jul/o46odp-097508.html

string with_pool =
  "User Id=hr;
   Password=hr;
   Data Source=oramag;
   Enlist=false;
   Pooling=true"

Connection Pooling Overview

Making specific connection pooling parameter recommendations is difficult, because workloads can vary greatly. One general recommendation is to have a sufficiently high minimum pool size. I have often seen connection pools drained to the minimum during a lull in activity. When activity picks up rapidly, the connection pool has to create connections quickly rather than use connections in the pool. In most cases, the application server reduces the number of connections and remains relatively idle. Thus, there is no reason to have a low minimum pool size.

Controlling Fetch Size

Retrieving data from the database tier to the middle tier (or client tier) is one of the most expensive operations with respect to performance. If the end user consumes a lot of data, you will want your application to minimize the number of round-trip data fetches.

By default, ODP.NET will read 64KB of data from a result set at a time. You change this value by setting the FetchSize attribute for an OracleDataReader object. However, rather than arbitrarily setting the fetch size, ODP.NET provides the ability to control the number of rows that are fetched from a result set per round trip. The two properties you use to do this are RowSize and FetchSize.

RowSize is a property of the OracleCommand object, and the value for this property is assigned by ODP.NET when the statement associated with the command object is executed. You explicitly set the value of the FetchSize property. For example, if you want to retrieve 100 rows at a time from the result set per round trip, you set the FetchSize property:

dr.FetchSize = cmd.RowSize * 100;

if you are tempted to fetch only a single row at a time to "save resources and increase performance" (I have sometimes heard this advice), you will actually be dramatically reducing, rather than increasing, runtime performance. In addition, for this set of data, there is not much performance increase when fetching more than 1,000 rows at a time. Of course, this is also a narrow data set (with only two small columns). Apply this technique to a result set representative of your environment to determine optimal values for setting your fetch size.

Of course, there is a cost if the fetch size is arbitrarily large. More client-side memory and processor cycles will be needed to store and manage a larger amount of data. The goal is to find a high-performing balance between the number of round trips and the amount of data retrieved per trip.

Statement Caching

You enable the statement caching feature by setting the Statement Cache Size connection string parameter. The default value of this parameter is 0, meaning that statement caching is disabled by default. You set this parameter to the number of statements you plan to keep cached during your application’s lifetime. For example, if you plan to cache 16 statements, you will set this value to 16. ODP.NET will then cache the 16 most recently used statements. The 17th most recently used statement is aged out of the cache by the last 16 unique statements.

With statement caching enabled, ODP.NET will automatically cache any statement you execute. If you have enabled statement caching and you do not want to place a statement in the cache, set the AddToStatementCache property on OracleCommand to false:

string constr =
  "User Id=hr;
   Password=hr;
   Data Source=oramag;
   Enlist=false;
   Pooling=true;
   Statement Cache Size=1";

http://oradim.blogspot.com.es/2007/05/odpnet-tip-ref-cursors-and-fetchsize.html

create or replace procedure get_sales (p_refcur out sys_refcursor) is

begin

  — open the cursor using the passed in ref cursor
  — sys_refcursor is a built in type

  open p_refcur for   select  *   from    sales;

end;

 // connection string — be sure to adjust for your environment
public const string constr = "User Id=sh; Password=sh; Data Source=otndemo; Pooling=false; Enlist=false";

      // enable extended sql tracing
      // this can be used to verify the number of rows fetched
      // uncomment to create trace file in user_dump_dest directory
      // EnableExtendedTrace(con);

static void EnableExtendedTrace(OracleConnection con)
{
    // create, setup, and execute command to enable extended sql trace
    OracleCommand cmd = con.CreateCommand();

    cmd.CommandText = "alter session set events ‘10046 trace name context forever, level 4’";
    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

    // clean up
    cmd.Dispose();
}

      // do the fetch test
      // passing 0 for "rows" will use default fetch size of 64k
      FetchTest(con, 100);
      FetchTest(con, 1000);
      FetchTest(con, 10000);
      FetchTest(con, 0);

static void FetchTest(OracleConnection con, int rows)

    {

      // used to track execution duration
      DateTime timeStart;
      DateTime timeEnd;
      double totalSeconds;

      // create and setup command to call stored procedure
      OracleCommand cmd = con.CreateCommand();
      cmd.CommandText = "get_sales";
      cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

      // create the ref cursor parameter and add to command parameter collection
      OracleParameter prm = new OracleParameter("p_refcur", OracleDbType.RefCursor, ParameterDirection.Output);
      cmd.Parameters.Add(prm);

      // get the data reader
      OracleDataReader dr = cmd.ExecuteReader();

      // There are 3 steps in getting the m_rowSize property value…
      // Step 1 – get the data reader type
      Type type = dr.GetType();

      // Step 2 – get the "m_rowSize" field info
      FieldInfo fi = type.GetField("m_rowSize", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);

      // Step 3 – get the value of m_rowSize for the dr object
      int rowSize = (int)fi.GetValue(dr);

      // if rows is greater than 0 use to set fetch size,
      // otherwise use default size (64k)

      if (rows > 0)
      {
        // set the fetch size on the dr object using the row size
        dr.FetchSize = rowSize * rows;
      }
      // capture test start time
      timeStart = DateTime.Now;

      // simply loop forcing the entire result set to be fetched
      while (dr.Read())      {      }

      // capture test end time
      timeEnd = DateTime.Now;

      // calculate total seconds for this test
      totalSeconds = timeEnd.Subtract(timeStart).TotalSeconds;

      // display time used for test
      Console.WriteLine("Number of rows = {0,5}: {1,8:###.0000} total seconds, fetch size = {2,9:###,###,###} bytes.", rows, totalSeconds, dr.FetchSize);

      // clean up
      dr.Dispose();
      prm.Dispose();
      cmd.Dispose();

    }

 

From Alex Keh (Oracle)
This video describes ODP.NET best practices for performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozMPGmsKcoA

The slides are here:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/dotnet/tech-info/otn-vts-oracle-dotnet-presentations-2606459.zip

The code samples for many of the performance patterns are available in the following tutorials:
https://apexapps.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=44785:24:0::NO::P24_CONTENT_ID,P24_PREV_PAGE:10117,1

Books
Oracle SQL High Performance tuning
Oracle Performance Survival Guide
Troubleshooting Oracle Performance

http://guyharrison.squarespace.com/blog/2009/10/19/oracle-performance-programming-net.html
http://guyharrison.squarespace.com/blog/2008/1/28/accessing-oracle-from-powershell.html

Bind variables

Array Select

Array insert

 

http://grow-n-shine.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/optimize-net-access-with-oracle.html

Connection Pool (CP)

    Ensure you have enough connections in CP – better to have many than too few.
    OS-authenticated CP available with ODP.NET 11g
    Keep a steady state of CP – never destroy or create large number of connections
    Close/Dispose connections explicitly – don’t rely on garbage collector
    You can monitor CP performance counters using ODP.NET 11.1.0.6.20 and higher

Bind Variables

    Always use Bind Variables. Using Bind Variables will prevent reparsing of frequently executed statements. Literal value changes in commands force a reparse. Reparsing is fairly expensive CPU operation and requires shared pool locks.

Statement Caching

    Using statement caching retains parsed statement in shared pool.
    Cursor stays open on client side and Metadata remains on client
    Best used/works with Bind Variables
    Caching works with 10.2.0.2.20 and caches the last 10  executed statements.
    Developer can choose which statement to cache.

Statement Cache Size=0 (no caching)

Statement Cache Size=1 (caching)

With ODP.NET 11.1.0.7.20 cache size dynamically changes at runtime and provides automatic optimization/self-tuning. Self-tuning is enabled by default and no code changes are required.

 

Data Retrieval

You can control how much data is retrieved from the database per round-trip. Too much data can cause excessive client-side memory used and too little may cause additional round-trips. You can use OracleCommand.RowSize and OracleDataReader.FetchSize to control the result. FetchSize can be set as multiple of RowSize and RowSize can be dynamicall populated after statement execution.

FetchSize = RowSize X 1
FetchSize = RowSize X 100

Mass Data Movement with Arrays

    PL/SQL associative arrays can be used to pass large amounts of data between .NET and DB of the same data type.
    If you are executing the same statement multiple times, you could use a parameter array binding.

Statement Batching

    You can execute multiple commands in one DB round-trip using OracleDataAdapter.UpdateBatchSize.
    You can use anonymous PL/SQL for disparate or similar statements

ODP.NET DataTypes

    Try and avoid unnecessary datatype conversions between .NET and the DB
    Use OracleParameter.Dbtype

    public void CreateOracleDbParameter()
     {
        OracleParameter parameter = new OracleParameter();
        parameter.ParameterName = "pDName";
        parameter.DbType = DbType.String;
        parameter.Value = "ENGINEERING";
        parameter.SourceColumn = "DName";
     }

Use REF Cursors

With REF Cursors, you can retrieve data as needed and control data retrieved via FetchSize. You can fill a DataSet with just a portion of the REF cursor result. You can pass REF cursors back as input stored procedure parameters. Use OracleRefCursor class.

Oracle Performance Tuning in Visual Studio

    You can tune ad-hoc SQLs in query window

    Tune bad SQL using Oracle Performance Analyzer – requires:

        SYSDBA privilege

        database license for Oracle Diagnostic Pack

        database license for Oracle Tuning Pack

AWR and ADDM

These are built into Oracle Database 10g and are invaluable for diagnosing Performance issues.

AWR – Automatic Workload Repository

    Evolution of statspack

    builtin repository

    captures performance stats at regular intervals

ADDM – Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor

    Analyses AWR stats and generates recommendations

AWR and ADDM nodes are now available in Visual Studio.

 

 

http://prasadaknair.blogspot.com.es/2012/01/odpnet-ref-cursors-and-fetch-size.html

using(OracleConnection conn = new OracleConnection(@"DataSource=source;User Id=username;Password=password;"))
{
        OracleCommand cmd = new OracleCommand();
        cmd.Connection = conn;
        cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
        cmd.CommandText = "StoredProcedureName";
        cmd.Parameters.Add("REF_CURSOR_SAMPLE",OracleType.RefCursor).Direction =  ParameterDirection.Output;
        conn.Open();
        OracleDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
        FieldInfo fieldInfo = reader.GetType().GetField("m_rowSize", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
        int cmdRowSize = (int)fieldInfo.GetValue(reader);
        reader.FetchSize = cmdRowSize * noOfRowsExpected;
        while(reader.Read())
        {
             // do your logic here
        }
        conn.Close();
}

Troubleshooting Oracle Performance
https://books.google.es/books?id=-cjAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA649&lpg=PA649&dq=FetchSize++odp.net&source=bl&ots=ydjHcZbtSd&sig=3Sq84GfrsUQIteQTQFArdFvH5K4&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj89pbAza_NAhVCbhQKHQUtBfY4ChDoAQg0MAM#v=onepage&q=FetchSize%20%20odp.net&f=false

ODP.NET. The default fetch size of ODP.NET (65,536) is defined in bytes, not rows. You can change this value through the FetchSize property provided by the  OracleCommand and OracleDataReader classes. The following code snippet is an example of how to set the value for fetching 100 rows.

Notice how the RowSize property of the OracleCommand class is used to compute the amount of memory needed to store the 100 rows. The C# program in the RowPrefetching.cs file provides a complete example:

sql = "SELECT id, pad FROM t";
command = new OracleCommand(sql, connection);
reader = command.ExecuteReader();
reader.FetchSize = command.RowSize * 100;
while (reader.Read())
{
    id = reader.GetDecimal(0);
    pad = reader.GetString(1);
    // process data
}
reader.Close();

As of ODP.NET version 10.2.0.3,  you can also change the default fetch size through the following registry entry (<Assembly_Version> is the full version number of Oracle.DataAccess.dll)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\ODP.NET\<Assembly_Version>\FetchSize

 

https://markhoxey.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/plsql-functions-and-cursor-fetch-size

  pkg_emp.get_emps (l_emp_cur);
  l_cur_no := DBMS_SQL.TO_CURSOR_NUMBER (l_emp_cur);
 
  DBMS_SQL.DESCRIBE_COLUMNS(l_cur_no, l_col_cnt, l_rec_tab);

  FOR i IN 1..l_col_cnt
  LOOP
     DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(‘Column ‘ || l_rec_tab(i).col_name || ‘ max length of ‘ || TO_CHAR(l_rec_tab(i).col_max_len));
  END LOOP;
 
  DBMS_SQL.CLOSE_CURSOR(l_cur_no);

 

https://dbaportal.eu/2013/02/22/true-xcopy-runtime-for-oracle-odp-net-application/

   <oracle.dataaccess.client>
    <settings>
      <add name="DllPath" value="N:\ORACLE\ORA11odacR5"/>
      <add name="FetchSize"             value="65536"/>
      <add name="PromotableTransaction" value="promotable"/>
      <add name="StatementCacheSize"    value="0"/>
      <add name="TraceFileName"         value="%TEMP%\odpnet.trc"/>
      <add name="TraceLevel"            value="0"/>
      <add name="TraceOption"           value="0"/>
    </settings>
  </oracle.dataaccess.client>
  
  <!– Here we’re telling .NET framework two things:
       – which version of Oracle.DataAccess.dll we want to be used
       – and from where exactly it should load the assembly.
       Any version of Oracle.DataAccess.dll between 0.0.0.0 and 4.112.3.0
       will be replaced by 4.112.3.0.
       Note that publicKeyToken is "hash" dedicated to Oracle Corp. but might
       change in the future. We checked the token against GAC.
  –>
  <runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
      <dependentAssembly>
        <publisherPolicy apply="no" />
        <assemblyIdentity name="Oracle.DataAccess"
                          publicKeyToken="89B483F429C47342"
                          culture="neutral" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.112.3.0"
                         newVersion="4.112.3.0"/>
        <codeBase
                version="4.112.3.0"
                href="file:///N:\ORACLE\ORA11odacR5\odp.net4\odp.net\bin\4\Oracle.DataAccess.dll"/>
      </dependentAssembly>
    </assemblyBinding>
  </runtime>

:: RunOraDUAL.bat
:: Oracle11g [11.2.0.3] Instant Client with ODAC 11.2.0.3.20
::
:: Batch routine to launch OraDUAL.exe from newtork drive.
::
:: ———————————————————
 
title Oracle11g Instant Client – ODAC 11.2.0.3.20
SET NLS_LANG=SLOVENIAN_SLOVENIA.EE8MSWIN1250
SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT=DD.MM.YYYY
SET ORACLE_HOME=N:\ORACLE\ORA11ODACR5
SET TNS_ADMIN=N:\ORACLE\ORA11ODACR5
 
SET PATH=%ORACLE_HOME%;%ORACLE_HOME%\ODP.NET4\BIN;%ORACLE_HOME%\odp.net4\odp.net\bin\4;%PATH%;
 
start OraDUAL.exe
:: End