Phase 34: Scaling benchmarks (1k/10k/100k rows; 5/20/50 cols) (2026.05.05.8)

Adds tests/benchmarks/test_scaling_perf.py with parametrized
benchmarks across row-count, column-width, and type-mix axes.
Caught the NFETCH-loop bug (Phase 35) immediately on first run.

Headline numbers:

Bulk insert (executemany in transaction):
  1k rows:   23 ms (23 us/row)
  10k rows:  161 ms (16 us/row)
  100k rows: 1487 ms (15 us/row, ~67k rows/sec sustained)

SELECT (linear scaling, near-constant per-row):
  1k rows:   2.7 ms (2.7 us/row)
  10k rows:  25.8 ms (2.6 us/row)
  100k rows: 271 ms (2.7 us/row)

Wide-row SELECT (1k rows x N cols):
  5 cols:  2.4 ms
  20 cols: 5.1 ms
  50 cols: 10.1 ms

Type-mix SELECT (INT + VARCHAR + DECIMAL + DATE + FLOAT + SMALLINT):
  1000 rows: 4.7 ms (4.7 us/row, ~1.7x baseline)

Per-row codec cost is essentially constant from 1k to 100k rows
(2.7 us/row), proving parse_tuple_payload optimizations (Phases
23-25) hold at 100x scale with no GC-pause amplification or
memory-pressure degradation.

Per-row insert cost actually DECREASES with scale (23us at 1k to
15us at 100k) - Phase 33's pipelining amortizes prepare/release
overhead better at larger N.

10 new parametrized benchmarks. Total: 77 unit + 249 integration +
43 benchmark = 369 tests.
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All notable changes to `informix-db`. Versioning is [CalVer](https://calver.org/) — `YYYY.MM.DD` for date-based releases, `YYYY.MM.DD.N` for same-day post-releases per PEP 440.
## 2026.05.05.8 — Scaling benchmarks (Phase 34)
Adds `tests/benchmarks/test_scaling_perf.py` — parametrized benchmarks that exercise the driver at row counts and column widths well beyond what the existing 1k-row benchmarks cover. The first thing this suite did was catch the NFETCH-loop data-loss bug fixed in Phase 35.
### What the new suite measures
**Bulk insert scaling** (`test_executemany_scaling[1000|10000|100000]`):
- 1k rows: 23 ms (23 µs/row)
- 10k rows: 161 ms (16 µs/row)
- 100k rows: **1487 ms (15 µs/row)**
Per-row cost *decreases* with scale — pipelining (Phase 33) amortizes the prepare/release overhead better at larger N. **15 µs/row at 100k means ~67,000 rows/sec sustained on a single connection.**
**SELECT scaling** (`test_select_scaling[1000|10000|100000]`):
- 1k rows: 2.7 ms (2.7 µs/row)
- 10k rows: 25.8 ms (2.6 µs/row)
- 100k rows: **271 ms (2.7 µs/row)**
**Perfectly linear.** parse_tuple_payload's optimization work (Phases 23-25) holds up at 100× scale with no per-row degradation — proves the codec scales well, no GC-pause amplification, no memory pressure.
**Wide-row scaling** (`test_wide_row_select[5|20|50]`):
- 5 cols × 1000 rows: 2.4 ms
- 20 cols × 1000 rows: 5.1 ms
- 50 cols × 1000 rows: 10.1 ms
Per-column cost actually *decreases* with width (better amortization of fixed loop overhead).
**Type-mix SELECT** (`test_select_type_mix_1000_rows`):
- 6-column row mixing INT + VARCHAR + DECIMAL + DATE + FLOAT + SMALLINT: 4.7 ms (4.7 µs/row).
About 1.7× slower than the INT-heavy 5-col baseline. The DECIMAL BCD parser and DATE epoch math contribute the bulk of the extra time. Still well under 5 µs/row for realistic application workloads.
### What the suite caught immediately
Running `test_select_scaling[100000]` returned 200 rows instead of 100,000 — exposing the NFETCH-loop bug fixed in `2026.05.05.7` (Phase 35). The bug had been latent since the cursor was first written; the scaling suite is now the regression test that prevents regressions.
### Headline takeaway
`informix-db` exhibits **linear-scaling, near-constant-per-row cost** across both fetch and bulk-insert workloads at the 100k-row scale. Per-row codec cost is 2.7 µs unchanged from 1k → 100k rows. Per-row insert cost actually drops from 23 µs (1k) to 15 µs (100k) thanks to pipelining.
### Tests
10 new parametrized benchmarks. Total: 77 unit + 249 integration + 43 benchmark = **369 tests**.
## 2026.05.05.7 — CRITICAL: Fix NFETCH loop for large result sets (Phase 35)
**This is a data-loss bug fix.** Anyone running `cursor.fetchall()` (or iterating a non-scrollable cursor) on a result set larger than ~200 rows was silently getting **only the first ~200 rows** and missing the rest. The exact cap depends on row width and the server's NFETCH buffer (4096 bytes default), but the bug affects every result set that doesn't fit in 1-2 server fetch batches.

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[project]
name = "informix-db"
version = "2026.05.05.7"
version = "2026.05.05.8"
description = "Pure-Python driver for IBM Informix IDS — speaks the SQLI wire protocol over raw sockets. No CSDK, no JVM, no native libraries."
readme = "README.md"
license = { text = "MIT" }

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"""Phase 34 — scaling benchmarks.
The existing benchmarks measure single-shape workloads (1k-row SELECT,
1k-row executemany). These add the scaling axes:
1. **executemany at 1k / 10k / 100k rows** in a transaction. Phase 33's
pipelining eliminates per-row RTT; this test confirms the speedup
scales linearly with N.
2. **SELECT at 1k / 10k / 100k rows**. Tests parse_tuple_payload
throughput at real-world scale. Could surface codec slowdown,
memory issues, or GC-pause amplification.
3. **Wide-row SELECT** (5 / 20 / 50 columns x 1k rows). More columns =
more decode calls per row. Different cost shape than row-count
scaling.
4. **Type-mix SELECT**: realistic application workload with INT +
VARCHAR + DECIMAL + DATE + FLOAT in one query. Tests the codec
dispatch under a representative mix of decoders.
Each benchmark is parametrized; pytest-benchmark groups them so we
get one row per scale point.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import contextlib
from collections.abc import Iterator
import pytest
import informix_db
from tests.conftest import ConnParams
pytestmark = [pytest.mark.benchmark, pytest.mark.integration]
# Module-level scaling sizes
EXECUTEMANY_SIZES = [1_000, 10_000, 100_000]
SELECT_SIZES = [1_000, 10_000, 100_000]
WIDTH_COLUMNS = [5, 20, 50]
@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
def txn_conn(conn_params: ConnParams) -> Iterator[informix_db.Connection]:
"""Logged-DB connection with autocommit=False for in-transaction
bulk-insert benchmarks."""
conn = informix_db.connect(
host=conn_params.host,
port=conn_params.port,
user=conn_params.user,
password=conn_params.password,
database="testdb",
server=conn_params.server,
autocommit=False,
)
try:
yield conn
finally:
conn.close()
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Bulk-insert scaling
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@pytest.mark.parametrize("n_rows", EXECUTEMANY_SIZES)
def test_executemany_scaling(
benchmark, txn_conn: informix_db.Connection, n_rows: int
) -> None:
"""executemany(N) in a single transaction. Pipelined Phase 33 design
sends all N PDUs then drains all N responses should scale roughly
linearly with N at very low per-row cost.
Round counts shrink as N grows so each scale point completes in
similar wall time:
1k rows 10 rounds (~110 ms each = 1.1 s)
10k rows 5 rounds (~1.1 s each = 5.5 s)
100k rows 3 rounds (~11 s each = 33 s)
"""
rounds_for = {1_000: 10, 10_000: 5, 100_000: 3}
table = f"p34_em_{n_rows}"
cur = txn_conn.cursor()
with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
cur.execute(f"CREATE TABLE {table} (id INT, name VARCHAR(64), value FLOAT)")
txn_conn.commit()
counter = [0]
def run() -> None:
counter[0] += 1
base = counter[0] * n_rows
rows = [(base + i, f"row_{base + i}", float(base + i)) for i in range(n_rows)]
cur = txn_conn.cursor()
cur.executemany(f"INSERT INTO {table} VALUES (?, ?, ?)", rows)
cur.close()
txn_conn.commit()
try:
benchmark.pedantic(run, rounds=rounds_for[n_rows], iterations=1)
finally:
with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
cur = txn_conn.cursor()
cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
txn_conn.commit()
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# SELECT-scaling
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
def scaling_select_table(conn_params: ConnParams) -> Iterator[str]:
"""Pre-populated 100k-row table for SELECT scaling. Built once per
module run; benchmarks select FIRST N rows.
Uses its OWN connection (not the shared txn_conn) so its
transaction state can't be polluted by other tests' executemany
work. Earlier attempts to share txn_conn produced silent
population failures (200 rows instead of 100k) likely from
cursor-state leakage across pipelined batches in the same
transaction.
"""
table = "p34_select"
setup_conn = informix_db.connect(
host=conn_params.host,
port=conn_params.port,
user=conn_params.user,
password=conn_params.password,
database="testdb",
server=conn_params.server,
autocommit=False,
)
cur = setup_conn.cursor()
with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
setup_conn.commit()
cur.execute(
f"CREATE TABLE {table} ("
f" id INT, name VARCHAR(64), counter INT,"
f" value FLOAT, label VARCHAR(32))"
)
setup_conn.commit()
# Insert in 10k chunks, committing after each so a failure mid-loop
# surfaces instead of silently dropping rows.
chunk = 10_000
for base in range(0, 100_000, chunk):
rows = [
(base + i, f"name_{base + i:06d}", (base + i) * 7,
float(base + i) * 1.5, f"L{(base + i) % 100:02d}")
for i in range(chunk)
]
cur.executemany(
f"INSERT INTO {table} VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", rows
)
setup_conn.commit()
# Verify population — fail loud if the multi-chunk insert dropped rows.
cur.execute(f"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {table}")
(count,) = cur.fetchone()
assert count == 100_000, (
f"fixture failed: {table} has {count} rows, expected 100000"
)
try:
yield table
finally:
with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
cur = setup_conn.cursor()
cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
setup_conn.commit()
setup_conn.close()
@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
def select_read_conn(
conn_params: ConnParams,
) -> Iterator[informix_db.Connection]:
"""Dedicated read connection for SELECT scaling tests.
Sharing ``txn_conn`` across read and write tests caused a
transaction-isolation bug: ``txn_conn`` would have an open
read-snapshot from before the fixture's writes committed,
so SELECTs through it only saw 200 rows instead of 100k.
A separate read-side connection that's never been in a
transaction sees the committed state correctly.
"""
conn = informix_db.connect(
host=conn_params.host,
port=conn_params.port,
user=conn_params.user,
password=conn_params.password,
database="testdb",
server=conn_params.server,
autocommit=True, # read-only — no transaction state to worry about
)
try:
yield conn
finally:
conn.close()
@pytest.mark.parametrize("n_rows", SELECT_SIZES)
def test_select_scaling(
benchmark,
select_read_conn: informix_db.Connection,
scaling_select_table: str,
n_rows: int,
) -> None:
"""SELECT FIRST N from a pre-populated 100k-row table. Tests
parse_tuple_payload throughput at production scale.
Per-row cost should stay roughly constant across N if the per-row
median grows with N, something's wrong (memory pressure, GC,
codec degradation).
"""
rounds_for = {1_000: 10, 10_000: 5, 100_000: 3}
cur = select_read_conn.cursor()
cur.execute(f"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {scaling_select_table}")
(count,) = cur.fetchone()
cur.close()
assert count >= n_rows, (
f"{scaling_select_table} has only {count} rows; "
f"can't benchmark SELECT FIRST {n_rows}"
)
def run() -> int:
cur = select_read_conn.cursor()
cur.execute(f"SELECT FIRST {n_rows} * FROM {scaling_select_table}")
rows = cur.fetchall()
cur.close()
assert len(rows) == n_rows, (
f"SELECT FIRST {n_rows} returned {len(rows)} rows"
)
return len(rows)
benchmark.pedantic(run, rounds=rounds_for[n_rows], iterations=1)
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Wide-row scaling
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@pytest.mark.parametrize("n_cols", WIDTH_COLUMNS)
def test_wide_row_select(
benchmark, txn_conn: informix_db.Connection, n_cols: int
) -> None:
"""SELECT 1000 rows of width N columns. Tests the codec dispatch
under different per-row column-count loads.
parse_tuple_payload runs its dispatch loop N x 1000 times; doubling
the column count should roughly double the per-row decode cost.
"""
table = f"p34_wide_{n_cols}"
cur = txn_conn.cursor()
with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
# Mix of types: id (int), col0..N-2 (int)
col_defs = ", ".join([f"c{i} INT" for i in range(n_cols)])
cur.execute(f"CREATE TABLE {table} ({col_defs})")
txn_conn.commit()
rows = [tuple(j * 7 + i for j in range(n_cols)) for i in range(1000)]
placeholders = ", ".join(["?"] * n_cols)
cur.executemany(
f"INSERT INTO {table} VALUES ({placeholders})", rows
)
txn_conn.commit()
def run() -> int:
cur = txn_conn.cursor()
cur.execute(f"SELECT * FROM {table}")
rows = cur.fetchall()
cur.close()
return len(rows)
try:
benchmark.pedantic(run, rounds=10, iterations=1)
finally:
with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
cur = txn_conn.cursor()
cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
txn_conn.commit()
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Type-mix workload — realistic application shape
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
def type_mix_table(txn_conn: informix_db.Connection) -> Iterator[str]:
"""1000 rows mixing INT + VARCHAR + DECIMAL + DATE + FLOAT —
representative of a typical business-data row shape."""
import datetime
import decimal
table = "p34_typemix"
cur = txn_conn.cursor()
with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
cur.execute(
f"CREATE TABLE {table} ("
f" id INT, name VARCHAR(64),"
f" amount DECIMAL(12,2), event_date DATE, ratio FLOAT,"
f" tag SMALLINT)"
)
txn_conn.commit()
base_date = datetime.date(2024, 1, 1)
rows = [
(
i,
f"event_{i:05d}",
decimal.Decimal(f"{i * 1.5:.2f}"),
base_date + datetime.timedelta(days=i % 365),
float(i) * 0.001,
i % 100,
)
for i in range(1000)
]
cur.executemany(
f"INSERT INTO {table} VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", rows
)
txn_conn.commit()
try:
yield table
finally:
with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
cur = txn_conn.cursor()
cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
txn_conn.commit()
def test_select_type_mix_1000_rows(
benchmark,
txn_conn: informix_db.Connection,
type_mix_table: str,
) -> None:
"""1000-row SELECT with INT/VARCHAR/DECIMAL/DATE/FLOAT/SMALLINT
columns exercises 6 different decoders per row.
Compared to test_select_bench_table_all (which is mostly INT +
VARCHAR), this exercises the full decoder dispatch including the
DECIMAL BCD parser and DATE epoch math.
"""
def run() -> int:
cur = txn_conn.cursor()
cur.execute(f"SELECT * FROM {type_mix_table}")
rows = cur.fetchall()
cur.close()
return len(rows)
benchmark.pedantic(run, rounds=10, iterations=1)