Adb MySqlClient Provider

This provider supports several MySql compatible databases.

Important

This MySql provider has a wide feature set including batch insert, but does not support bulk insert.

The other MySql provider (MySqlConnector) does include support for bulk insert, but lacks some other features.

You can use either or both providers in a single worker system.

Note

For MariaDB and MySQL servers, "database" and "schema" have identical meanings. actionETL puts the database/schema identifier part in "*Schema*" properties, while "*Catalog*" properties are unused. See e.g. CreateTableIdentifier(String).

Data Type Mappings

This section lists which database types map to or from which .NET types when querying a MySqlClient server and when working with its database parameters. The listed .NET types below are fully supported by the dataflow.

Provider-Independent .NET Types

.NET Type Display Name DbType (or MySqlDbType) enum SQL Type Example
System.Boolean, System.Boolean? Boolean bool, boolean
System.Byte, System.Byte? Byte tinyint unsigned
System.Byte[] Binary binary(7), blob, longblob, mediumblob, tinyblob, varbinary(10)
System.DateTime, System.DateTime? DateTime date, datetime, timestamp
System.Decimal, System.Decimal? Decimal decimal(65,0), decimal(65,0) unsigned (aliases: dec, numeric, fixed)
System.Double, System.Double? Double double, double precision, double precision unsigned
System.Int16, System.Int16? Int16 smallint
System.Int32, System.Int32? Int32 int, integer, mediumint, year
System.Int64, System.Int64? Int64 bigint
System.SByte, System.SByte? SByte tinyint
System.Single, System.Single? Single float, float unsigned
System.String String char(32), text, varchar(50) (also with charset utf8 and charset utf8mb4 suffix). enum('Input', 'Output'), set('Red', 'Green').
System.TimeSpan, System.TimeSpan? MySqlDbType.Time time
System.UInt16, System.UInt16? UInt16 smallint unsigned
System.UInt32, System.UInt32? UInt32 int unsigned, integer unsigned, mediumint unsigned
System.UInt64, System.UInt64? UInt64 bigint unsigned, bit, bit(64)

Provider-Specific .NET Types

This provider does not map any provider-specific .NET types. It does however use MySqlDbType.Time when mapping System.TimeSpan above.

Identifiers

Identifier Casing

Database identifier case sensitivity depends on database settings, database storage engine, and which underlying platform (Windows, Linux etc.) is used. See MariaDB Identifier Case-sensitivity or MySQL Identifier Case Sensitivity for details.

Note that dataflow column name matching is ordinal case insensitive, but a case sensitive match takes precedence over a case insensitive match. See Dataflow Column Mapping for details.

Parameters

Use named parameters of the format @MyParameterName. You can use GetPlaceholder(String) to get the placeholder in a portable manner.

Stored Procedures

Here we execute a stored procedure with parameters. Even building an executable program (or utility method) for executing this single query can be very worthwhile since actionETL adds configuration, error handling, and logging.

We create the command builder outside the worker system to make it easy to return a parameter value to the caller. More commonly, commands and connections are created inside the worker system, as and when they are needed.

Note

This example uses the "MySqlClient" provider; you can equally use the "MySqlConnector" provider.

using actionETL;
using actionETL.Adb;
using actionETL.Adb.MySqlClientExternal;
using System.Data;

public static partial class ExecuteStoredProcedureMySql
{
    public static DateTime GetMaxDateTime()
    {
        // Get a command builder using "actionetl.aconfig.json" connection details.
        // StoredProcedure(string) sets both CommandText and CommandType properties.
        var cb = AdbMySqlClientProvider.Get()
            .CreateCommandBuilderFromDefaultAConfig("MySqlClientTester")
            .StoredProcedure("GetMaxDateTime");

        // Many methods return an instance and allow method chaining.
        // Whenever possible, set the database type explicitly.
        cb.Parameters.Add("countryId").SetDbValue(42, DbType.Int32);

        // Database type not set, provider has to guess the type (which is less good)
        cb.Parameters.Add("category").SetValue("Batteries");

        // Save the parameter reference, since we retrieve the returned value later
        var maxDateTime = cb.Parameters.Add("maxDateTime", ParameterDirection.Output)
            .SetDbType(DbType.DateTime);

        new WorkerSystem()
            // Curly braces and semi-colon not needed in 1-line lambda
            .Root(ws => _ = new AdbExecuteNonQueryWorker(ws, "Call GetMaxDateTime", cb))
            .Start()
            .ThrowOnFailure();

        // Value is of type object, and must be cast
        return (DateTime)maxDateTime.DbValue;
    }
}

/* The example assumes the following stored procedure already exists:
    CREATE PROCEDURE GetMaxDateTime (
        countryId int, 
        category varchar(50) charset utf8mb4,
        OUT maxDateTime DateTime
        )
    BEGIN
        -- Use input parameters...

        SET maxDateTime := '2017-03-13';
    END
 */

Adb Information

The Adb Information example program dumps the below information with this provider querying a MariaDB server. See that example for more information. A MySql server will typically have identical values apart from Provider, ServerVersion, and DataSourceProductVersion.

=== AdbConnectionBuilder ===
Provider=MySql.Data.MySqlClient:MySQL and MariaDB:


=== AdbConnection ===
DataSourceName=localhost
DatabaseName=actionetl_tester
NumberOfColumnIdentifierParts=4
NumberOfColumnRestrictions=4
ServerVersion=5.5.5-10.3.9-MariaDB


=== AdbConnection.Information ===
CompositeIdentifierSeparator=.
CompositeIdentifierSeparatorPattern=\.
DataSourceProductName=MySQL
DataSourceProductVersion=5.5.5-10.3.9-MariaDB
GetPlaceholder("MyName")=@MyName
GroupByBehavior=Unrelated
IdentifierCase=Insensitive
IdentifierPattern=(^\`\p{Lo}\p{Lu}\p{Ll}_@#][\p{Lo}\p{Lu}\p{Ll}\p{Nd}@$#_]*$)|(^\`[^\`\0]|\`\`+\`$)|(^\" + [^\"\0]|\"\"+\"$)
IdentifierQuotePrefix=`
IdentifierQuotePrefixes=`"
IdentifierQuoteSuffix=`
IdentifierQuoteSuffixes=`"
OrderByColumnsInSelect=False
ParameterMarkerFormat={0}
ParameterMarkerPattern=(@[A-Za-z0-9_$#]*)
ParameterNameMaxLength=128
ParameterNamePattern=^[\p{Lo}\p{Lu}\p{Ll}\p{Lm}_@#][\p{Lo}\p{Lu}\p{Ll}\p{Lm}\p{Nd}\uff3f_@#\$]*(?=\s+|$)
QuotedIdentifierCase=Sensitive
QuotedIdentifierPattern=(([^\`]|\`\`)*)
QuoteIdentifierPart("My Table")=`My Table`
StatementSeparatorPattern=;
StringLiteralPattern='(([^']|'')*)'
SupportedJoinOperators=Inner, LeftOuter, RightOuter, FullOuter
UsesPositionalParameters=False


=== AdbConnection.TableInformation.CreateTableIdentifier(`My Database`.MyTable) ===
OriginalCompositeName=`My Database`.MyTable
OriginalTableName=MyTable
OriginalSchemaName=`My Database`
OriginalCatalogName=
QuotedCompositeName=`My Database`.`MyTable`
QuotedTableName=`MyTable`
QuotedSchemaName=`My Database`
QuotedCatalogName=
UnquotedTableName=MyTable
UnquotedSchemaName=My Database
UnquotedCatalogName=


=== AdbConnection.SchemaInformationCollection ===
Note: The metadata schemas can be retrieved with AdbConnection.GetSchema().
The returned information is provided from the .NET provider as-is. Some collections
can be inaccurate, and different values can also be needed for different purposes,
which is why database specific actionETL providers can be created that replace
individual values with the desired ones. See the vendor provider documentation for
details on the returned information.

CollectionName=MetaDataCollections
IsCommon=True
NumberOfRestrictions=0
NumberOfIdentifierParts=0

CollectionName=DataSourceInformation
IsCommon=True
NumberOfRestrictions=0
NumberOfIdentifierParts=0

CollectionName=DataTypes
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=0
NumberOfIdentifierParts=0

CollectionName=Restrictions
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=0
NumberOfIdentifierParts=0

CollectionName=ReservedWords
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=0
NumberOfIdentifierParts=0

CollectionName=Databases
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=1
NumberOfIdentifierParts=1

CollectionName=Tables
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=4
NumberOfIdentifierParts=2

CollectionName=Columns
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=4
NumberOfIdentifierParts=4

CollectionName=Users
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=1
NumberOfIdentifierParts=1

CollectionName=Foreign Keys
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=4
NumberOfIdentifierParts=3

CollectionName=IndexColumns
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=5
NumberOfIdentifierParts=4

CollectionName=Indexes
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=4
NumberOfIdentifierParts=3

CollectionName=Foreign Key Columns
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=4
NumberOfIdentifierParts=3

CollectionName=UDF
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=1
NumberOfIdentifierParts=1

CollectionName=Views
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=2
NumberOfIdentifierParts=3

CollectionName=ViewColumns
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=3
NumberOfIdentifierParts=4

CollectionName=Procedure Parameters
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=5
NumberOfIdentifierParts=1

CollectionName=Procedures
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=4
NumberOfIdentifierParts=3

CollectionName=Triggers
IsCommon=False
NumberOfRestrictions=2
NumberOfIdentifierParts=4

See Also