Checklist: ADO.NET Performance

 

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Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability

J.D. Meier, Srinath Vasireddy, Ashish Babbar, and Alex Mackman
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May 2004

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How to Use This Checklist

This checklist is a companion to Chapter 12, "Improving ADO.NET Performance"

Design Considerations

Check Description
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Design your data access layer based on how the data is used.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Cache data to avoid unnecessary work.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Connect by using service accounts.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Acquire late, release early.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Close disposable resources.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Reduce round trips.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Return only the data you need.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use Windows authentication.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Choose the appropriate transaction type.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use stored procedures.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Prioritize performance, maintainability, and productivity when you choose how to pass data across layers.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Consider how to handle exceptions.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use appropriate normalization.

Microsoft® .NET Framework Data Providers

Check Description
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use System.Data.SqlClient for Microsoft SQL Server™ 7.0 and later.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use System.Data.OleDb for SQL Server 6.5 or OLE DB providers.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use System.Data.ODBC for ODBC data sources.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use System.Data.OracleClient for Oracle.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use SQLXML managed classes for XML data and SQL Server 2000.

Connections

Check Description
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Open and close the connection in the method.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Explicitly close connections.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif When using DataReaders, specify CommandBehavior.CloseConnection.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Do not explicitly open a connection if you use Fill or Update for a single operation.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Avoid checking the State property of OleDbConnection.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Pool connections.

Commands

Check Description
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Validate SQL input and use Parameter objects.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Retrieve only the columns and rows you need.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Support paging over large result sets.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Batch SQL statements to reduce round trips.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use ExecuteNonQuery for commands that do not return data.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use ExecuteScalar to return single values.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess for very wide rows or for rows with binary large objects (BLOBs).
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Do not use CommandBuilder at run time.

Stored Procedures

Check Description
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use stored procedures.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use CommandType.Text with OleDbCommand.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use CommandType.StoredProcedure with SqlCommand.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Consider using Command.Prepare.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use output parameters where possible.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Consider SET NOCOUNT ON for SQL Server.

Parameters

Check Description
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use the Parameters collection when you call a stored procedure.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use the Parameters collection when you build SQL statements.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Explicitly create stored procedure parameters.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Specify parameter types.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Cache stored procedure SqlParameter objects.

DataReader

Check Description
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Close DataReader objects.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Consider using CommandBehavior.CloseConnection to close connections.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Cancel pending data.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Consider using CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess with ExecuteReader.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use GetOrdinal when using an index-based lookup.

DataSet

Check Description
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Reduce serialization.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use primary keys and Rows.Find for indexed searching.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use a DataView for repetitive non-primary key searches.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use the optimistic concurrency model for datasets.

XML and DataSet Objects

Check Description
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Do not infer schemas at run time.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Perform bulk updates and inserts by using OpenXML.

Types

Check Description
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Avoid unnecessary type conversions.

Exception Management

Check Description
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use the ConnectionState property.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use try/finally to clean up resources.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use specific handlers to catch specific exceptions.

Transactions

Check Description
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use SQL transactions for server controlled-transactions on a single data store.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use ADO.NET transactions for client-controlled transactions on a single data store.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use Distributed Transaction Coordinators (DTC) for transactions that span multiple data stores.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Keep transactions as short as possible.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use the appropriate isolation level.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Avoid code that can lead to deadlock.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Set the connection string Enlist property to false.

Binary Large Objects

Check Description
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess and GetBytes to read data.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use READTEXT to read from SQL Server 2000.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use OracleLob.Read to read from Oracle databases.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use UpdateText to write to SQL Server databases.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Use OracleLob.Write to write to Oracle databases.
Ff647694.checkbox(en-us,PandP.10).gif Avoid moving binary large objects repeatedly.

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