Using SQLQuery.uniqueResult() to perform native SQL INSERTs and UPDATEs - sql

I am using Hibernate in my project and there is a certain scenario where I want to use the uniqueResult() method on the org.hibernate.SQLQuery class to perform native SQL INSERT and UPDATE operations.
I did try using the executeUpdate() method on the same class. But I get an error saying that they are used for HQL updates only.
Please advice if this is effective and reliable way of ensuring data being saved/updated in the database.

session.createSQLQuery() is for querying, not manipulation. If you want to do raw SQL insert, use session.connection() and straight JDBC code.
Not sure why you need this exactly but I'd also suggest to check 16.3. Custom SQL for create, update and delete.

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How to execute a macro in bigquery

I have a requirement to move some of the existing frontend applications running Teradata as the backend to Google BigQuery. One of the common pattern used in these frontend applications is to call a Macro in Teradata, based on different input selected by users. Considering BigQuery doesn't have a way to create a macro entity, how can I replace this and have the frontend calling BigQuery to execute something similar. Connection to BigQuery is through ODBC/JDBC or java services.
A macro in Teradata is just a way to execute multiple SQL statements as a single request, which is in turn treated as a single transaction. It also allows you to parameterize your query.
If your new DB backend supports it, you can convert the macros into stored procedures / functions. Otherwise, you can pull out the individual SQL statements from the macro and try to run them together as a single transaction.
These links may be helpful: Functions,
DML
Glancing at the documentation, it looks like writing a function may be your best bet: "There is no support for multi-statement transactions."
You can look at Bigquery scripting which is in Beta - https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/scripting#bigquery-scripting for migrating your macros from Teradata. With this release you can write procedures where you can define all your business logic and then execute the procedure using a CALL statement.
Thanks,
Jayadeep
As mentioned above:
A macro in Teradata is just a way to execute multiple SQL statements
as a single request, which is in turn treated as a single transaction.
It also allows you to parameterize your query.
Having said that, you just need to do the migrating part from teradata, here you can find the guide to do this, and answering your question, the connection is made through JDBC whose drivers are tdgssconfig.jar and terajdbc4.jar.

Is parameterisation needed in this instance?

Im designing a UWP app that uses an SQLite database to store its information. From previous research I have blearnt that using the SQLite function SQLiteConnection.Update() and SQLiteConnetion.Insert() functions are safe to use as the inputs are sanitised before entering in the database.
The next step I need to do is sync that data with an online database - in this case SQL Server - using a service layer as my go between. Given that the data was previously sanitised by the SQLite database insert, do I still need to parameterise the object values using the service layer before they are passed to my SQL Server database?
The simple assumption says yes because, despite them being sanitised by the SQLite input, they are technically still raw strings that could have an effect on the main database if not parameterised when sending them there.
Should I just simply employ the idea of "If in doubt, parameterise" ?
I would say that you should always use SQL parameters. There are a few reasons why you should do so:
Security.
Performance. If you use parameters the reuse of execution plans could increase. For details see this article.
Reliability. It is always easier to make a mistake if you build SQL commands by concatenating strings.

Oracle 8i trace of sql statements

I am investigating a legacy app that uses an Oracle 8i database in a test environment, specifically trying to find out what tables are accessed for read, insert, update or delete when the user performs an app function.
What is the best/easiest way to do this? Can I simply get a list of all sql statements sent to the database? Can I see when stored procedures are called?
Having little experience with Oracle but getting help from a DBA, I'm thinking I should either use a trace or look at the redo log with LogMiner, but how?
Thanks!
What you could do is to harvest the sql's from v$sql. If the SQL's are properly written - using bind variables - you should be able to catch most of the statements in a table for this. I currently have no running v8 at hand but this should be possible.
In order to get most of them, you probably need to repeat the harvesting during the various workloads that run on the database.

NHibernate, Caching and custom SQL queries

We're using NHibernate with Memcache as the second level cache. Occasionally there is a need for more advanced queries or bulk query operations. From the book Nhibernate in Action they recommend the following:
"It’s our view that ORM isn’t suitable for mass-update (or mass-delete) operations. If
you have a use case like this, a different strategy is almost always better: call a stored
procedure in the database, or use direct SQL UPDATE and DELETE statements for that
particular use case."
My concern is that queries against the underlying database do not reflect in the cache (at least until cache expiry) and I was wondering if anyone has come up with any effective strategies for mixing and matching NHibernate with custom SQL statements?
Is there any way of getting say a bulk Update statement (executed with custom sql) to reflect in the second level cache? I am aware of being able to manually evict, but this removes the items from cache and thefore increases hits on the database.
Does the community have any solutions that have been found to be effective in dealing with this problem?
As far as I know there is no method to keep the 2nd level cache up to date with massupdates. But you can partially evict the cache as described in: http://www.nhforge.org/doc/nh/en/index.html#performance-sessioncache.

Using NHibernate with output parameters

Does anyone know if NHibernate supports returning output parameters from stored procedures? I've had a search in the documentation but can't really find anything that confirms either way.
I was facing the same problem. NHibernate does not let you use stored procedures in this manner. But it does allow a way to make calls using the plain old ADO.NET API. Here's an example -
http://refactoringaspnet.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-use-legacy-stored-procedures-in.html
I can't officially confirm for you, but as far as I know, not directly. Stored procedure use in NHibernate is very specific to doing standard CRUD.
If you want to grab output paramaters (that are't the standard row count output parameter for INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE), you could fall back to a different (or the standard) database access tools that give you direct access to SQL and the result set. (Assuming you can get by with bypassing NHibernate's cache. You'll want to make sure you flush NHibernate before you run the query too, etc.)