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.
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## 2026.05.05.8 — Scaling benchmarks (Phase 34)
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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.
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### What the new suite measures
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**Bulk insert scaling** (`test_executemany_scaling[1000|10000|100000]`):
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- 1k rows: 23 ms (23 µs/row)
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- 10k rows: 161 ms (16 µs/row)
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- 100k rows: **1487 ms (15 µs/row)**
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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.**
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**SELECT scaling** (`test_select_scaling[1000|10000|100000]`):
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- 1k rows: 2.7 ms (2.7 µs/row)
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- 10k rows: 25.8 ms (2.6 µs/row)
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- 100k rows: **271 ms (2.7 µs/row)**
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**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.
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**Wide-row scaling** (`test_wide_row_select[5|20|50]`):
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- 5 cols × 1000 rows: 2.4 ms
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- 20 cols × 1000 rows: 5.1 ms
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- 50 cols × 1000 rows: 10.1 ms
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Per-column cost actually *decreases* with width (better amortization of fixed loop overhead).
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**Type-mix SELECT** (`test_select_type_mix_1000_rows`):
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- 6-column row mixing INT + VARCHAR + DECIMAL + DATE + FLOAT + SMALLINT: 4.7 ms (4.7 µs/row).
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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.
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### What the suite caught immediately
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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.
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### Headline takeaway
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`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.
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### Tests
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10 new parametrized benchmarks. Total: 77 unit + 249 integration + 43 benchmark = **369 tests**.
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## 2026.05.05.7 — CRITICAL: Fix NFETCH loop for large result sets (Phase 35)
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**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]
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name = "informix-db"
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version = "2026.05.05.7"
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version = "2026.05.05.8"
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description = "Pure-Python driver for IBM Informix IDS — speaks the SQLI wire protocol over raw sockets. No CSDK, no JVM, no native libraries."
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readme = "README.md"
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license = { text = "MIT" }
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"""Phase 34 — scaling benchmarks.
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The existing benchmarks measure single-shape workloads (1k-row SELECT,
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1k-row executemany). These add the scaling axes:
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1. **executemany at 1k / 10k / 100k rows** in a transaction. Phase 33's
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pipelining eliminates per-row RTT; this test confirms the speedup
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scales linearly with N.
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2. **SELECT at 1k / 10k / 100k rows**. Tests parse_tuple_payload
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throughput at real-world scale. Could surface codec slowdown,
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memory issues, or GC-pause amplification.
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3. **Wide-row SELECT** (5 / 20 / 50 columns x 1k rows). More columns =
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more decode calls per row. Different cost shape than row-count
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scaling.
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4. **Type-mix SELECT**: realistic application workload with INT +
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VARCHAR + DECIMAL + DATE + FLOAT in one query. Tests the codec
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dispatch under a representative mix of decoders.
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Each benchmark is parametrized; pytest-benchmark groups them so we
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get one row per scale point.
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"""
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from __future__ import annotations
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import contextlib
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from collections.abc import Iterator
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import pytest
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import informix_db
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from tests.conftest import ConnParams
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pytestmark = [pytest.mark.benchmark, pytest.mark.integration]
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# Module-level scaling sizes
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EXECUTEMANY_SIZES = [1_000, 10_000, 100_000]
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SELECT_SIZES = [1_000, 10_000, 100_000]
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WIDTH_COLUMNS = [5, 20, 50]
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@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
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def txn_conn(conn_params: ConnParams) -> Iterator[informix_db.Connection]:
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"""Logged-DB connection with autocommit=False for in-transaction
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bulk-insert benchmarks."""
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conn = informix_db.connect(
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host=conn_params.host,
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port=conn_params.port,
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user=conn_params.user,
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password=conn_params.password,
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database="testdb",
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server=conn_params.server,
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autocommit=False,
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)
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try:
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yield conn
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finally:
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conn.close()
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Bulk-insert scaling
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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@pytest.mark.parametrize("n_rows", EXECUTEMANY_SIZES)
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def test_executemany_scaling(
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benchmark, txn_conn: informix_db.Connection, n_rows: int
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) -> None:
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"""executemany(N) in a single transaction. Pipelined Phase 33 design
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sends all N PDUs then drains all N responses — should scale roughly
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linearly with N at very low per-row cost.
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Round counts shrink as N grows so each scale point completes in
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similar wall time:
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1k rows → 10 rounds (~110 ms each = 1.1 s)
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10k rows → 5 rounds (~1.1 s each = 5.5 s)
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100k rows → 3 rounds (~11 s each = 33 s)
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"""
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rounds_for = {1_000: 10, 10_000: 5, 100_000: 3}
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table = f"p34_em_{n_rows}"
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cur = txn_conn.cursor()
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with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
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cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
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cur.execute(f"CREATE TABLE {table} (id INT, name VARCHAR(64), value FLOAT)")
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txn_conn.commit()
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counter = [0]
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def run() -> None:
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counter[0] += 1
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base = counter[0] * n_rows
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rows = [(base + i, f"row_{base + i}", float(base + i)) for i in range(n_rows)]
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cur = txn_conn.cursor()
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cur.executemany(f"INSERT INTO {table} VALUES (?, ?, ?)", rows)
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cur.close()
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txn_conn.commit()
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try:
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benchmark.pedantic(run, rounds=rounds_for[n_rows], iterations=1)
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finally:
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with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
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cur = txn_conn.cursor()
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cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
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txn_conn.commit()
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# SELECT-scaling
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
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def scaling_select_table(conn_params: ConnParams) -> Iterator[str]:
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"""Pre-populated 100k-row table for SELECT scaling. Built once per
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module run; benchmarks select FIRST N rows.
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Uses its OWN connection (not the shared txn_conn) so its
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transaction state can't be polluted by other tests' executemany
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work. Earlier attempts to share txn_conn produced silent
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population failures (200 rows instead of 100k) likely from
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cursor-state leakage across pipelined batches in the same
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transaction.
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"""
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table = "p34_select"
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setup_conn = informix_db.connect(
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host=conn_params.host,
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port=conn_params.port,
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user=conn_params.user,
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password=conn_params.password,
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database="testdb",
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server=conn_params.server,
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autocommit=False,
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)
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cur = setup_conn.cursor()
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with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
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cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
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setup_conn.commit()
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cur.execute(
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f"CREATE TABLE {table} ("
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f" id INT, name VARCHAR(64), counter INT,"
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f" value FLOAT, label VARCHAR(32))"
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)
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setup_conn.commit()
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# Insert in 10k chunks, committing after each so a failure mid-loop
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# surfaces instead of silently dropping rows.
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chunk = 10_000
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for base in range(0, 100_000, chunk):
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rows = [
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(base + i, f"name_{base + i:06d}", (base + i) * 7,
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float(base + i) * 1.5, f"L{(base + i) % 100:02d}")
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for i in range(chunk)
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]
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cur.executemany(
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f"INSERT INTO {table} VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", rows
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)
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setup_conn.commit()
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# Verify population — fail loud if the multi-chunk insert dropped rows.
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cur.execute(f"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {table}")
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(count,) = cur.fetchone()
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assert count == 100_000, (
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f"fixture failed: {table} has {count} rows, expected 100000"
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)
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try:
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yield table
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finally:
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with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
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cur = setup_conn.cursor()
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cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
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setup_conn.commit()
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setup_conn.close()
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@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
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def select_read_conn(
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conn_params: ConnParams,
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) -> Iterator[informix_db.Connection]:
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"""Dedicated read connection for SELECT scaling tests.
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Sharing ``txn_conn`` across read and write tests caused a
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transaction-isolation bug: ``txn_conn`` would have an open
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read-snapshot from before the fixture's writes committed,
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so SELECTs through it only saw 200 rows instead of 100k.
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A separate read-side connection that's never been in a
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transaction sees the committed state correctly.
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"""
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conn = informix_db.connect(
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host=conn_params.host,
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port=conn_params.port,
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user=conn_params.user,
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password=conn_params.password,
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database="testdb",
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server=conn_params.server,
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autocommit=True, # read-only — no transaction state to worry about
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)
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try:
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yield conn
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finally:
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conn.close()
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@pytest.mark.parametrize("n_rows", SELECT_SIZES)
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def test_select_scaling(
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benchmark,
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select_read_conn: informix_db.Connection,
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scaling_select_table: str,
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n_rows: int,
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) -> None:
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"""SELECT FIRST N from a pre-populated 100k-row table. Tests
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parse_tuple_payload throughput at production scale.
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Per-row cost should stay roughly constant across N — if the per-row
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median grows with N, something's wrong (memory pressure, GC,
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codec degradation).
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"""
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rounds_for = {1_000: 10, 10_000: 5, 100_000: 3}
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cur = select_read_conn.cursor()
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cur.execute(f"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {scaling_select_table}")
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(count,) = cur.fetchone()
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cur.close()
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assert count >= n_rows, (
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f"{scaling_select_table} has only {count} rows; "
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f"can't benchmark SELECT FIRST {n_rows}"
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)
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def run() -> int:
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cur = select_read_conn.cursor()
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cur.execute(f"SELECT FIRST {n_rows} * FROM {scaling_select_table}")
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rows = cur.fetchall()
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cur.close()
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assert len(rows) == n_rows, (
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f"SELECT FIRST {n_rows} returned {len(rows)} rows"
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)
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return len(rows)
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benchmark.pedantic(run, rounds=rounds_for[n_rows], iterations=1)
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Wide-row scaling
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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@pytest.mark.parametrize("n_cols", WIDTH_COLUMNS)
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def test_wide_row_select(
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benchmark, txn_conn: informix_db.Connection, n_cols: int
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) -> None:
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"""SELECT 1000 rows of width N columns. Tests the codec dispatch
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under different per-row column-count loads.
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parse_tuple_payload runs its dispatch loop N x 1000 times; doubling
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the column count should roughly double the per-row decode cost.
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"""
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table = f"p34_wide_{n_cols}"
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cur = txn_conn.cursor()
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with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
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cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
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# Mix of types: id (int), col0..N-2 (int)
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col_defs = ", ".join([f"c{i} INT" for i in range(n_cols)])
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cur.execute(f"CREATE TABLE {table} ({col_defs})")
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txn_conn.commit()
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rows = [tuple(j * 7 + i for j in range(n_cols)) for i in range(1000)]
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placeholders = ", ".join(["?"] * n_cols)
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cur.executemany(
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f"INSERT INTO {table} VALUES ({placeholders})", rows
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)
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txn_conn.commit()
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def run() -> int:
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cur = txn_conn.cursor()
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cur.execute(f"SELECT * FROM {table}")
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rows = cur.fetchall()
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cur.close()
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return len(rows)
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try:
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benchmark.pedantic(run, rounds=10, iterations=1)
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finally:
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with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
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cur = txn_conn.cursor()
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cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
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txn_conn.commit()
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Type-mix workload — realistic application shape
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
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def type_mix_table(txn_conn: informix_db.Connection) -> Iterator[str]:
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"""1000 rows mixing INT + VARCHAR + DECIMAL + DATE + FLOAT —
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representative of a typical business-data row shape."""
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import datetime
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import decimal
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table = "p34_typemix"
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cur = txn_conn.cursor()
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with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
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cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
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cur.execute(
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f"CREATE TABLE {table} ("
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f" id INT, name VARCHAR(64),"
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f" amount DECIMAL(12,2), event_date DATE, ratio FLOAT,"
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f" tag SMALLINT)"
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)
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txn_conn.commit()
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base_date = datetime.date(2024, 1, 1)
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rows = [
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(
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i,
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f"event_{i:05d}",
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decimal.Decimal(f"{i * 1.5:.2f}"),
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base_date + datetime.timedelta(days=i % 365),
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float(i) * 0.001,
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i % 100,
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)
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for i in range(1000)
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]
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cur.executemany(
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f"INSERT INTO {table} VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", rows
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)
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txn_conn.commit()
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try:
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yield table
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finally:
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with contextlib.suppress(informix_db.Error):
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cur = txn_conn.cursor()
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cur.execute(f"DROP TABLE {table}")
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txn_conn.commit()
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def test_select_type_mix_1000_rows(
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benchmark,
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type_mix_table: str,
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"""1000-row SELECT with INT/VARCHAR/DECIMAL/DATE/FLOAT/SMALLINT
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columns — exercises 6 different decoders per row.
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Compared to test_select_bench_table_all (which is mostly INT +
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VARCHAR), this exercises the full decoder dispatch including the
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DECIMAL BCD parser and DATE epoch math.
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"""
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def run() -> int:
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cur = txn_conn.cursor()
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cur.execute(f"SELECT * FROM {type_mix_table}")
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rows = cur.fetchall()
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cur.close()
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return len(rows)
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benchmark.pedantic(run, rounds=10, iterations=1)
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