How to: Execute Queries in a Batch (WCF Data Services)
Important
WCF Data Services has been deprecated and will no longer be available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. WCF Data Services supported earlier versions of the Microsoft OData (V1-V3) protocol only and has not been under active development. OData V1-V3 has been superseded by OData V4, which is an industry standard published by OASIS and ratified by ISO. OData V4 is supported through the OData V4 compliant core libraries available at Microsoft.OData.Core. Support documentation is available at OData.Net, and the OData V4 service libraries are available at Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.
RESTier is the successor to WCF Data Services. RESTier helps you bootstrap a standardized, queryable, HTTP-based REST interface in minutes. Like WCF Data Services before it, Restier provides simple and straightforward ways to shape queries and intercept submissions before and after they hit the database. And like Web API + OData, you still have the flexibility to add your own custom queries and actions with techniques you're already familiar with.
By using the WCF Data Services client library, you can execute more than one query against the data service in a single batch. For more information, see Batching Operations.
The example in this topic uses the Northwind sample data service and autogenerated client data service classes. This service and the client data classes are created when you complete the WCF Data Services quickstart.
Example
The following example shows how to call the ExecuteBatch method to execute an array of DataServiceRequest<TElement> objects that contains queries that return both Customers and Products objects from the Northwind data service. The collection of QueryOperationResponse<T> objects in the returned DataServiceResponse is enumerated, and the collection of objects contained in each QueryOperationResponse<T> is also enumerated.
string customerId = "ALFKI";
// Create the DataServiceContext using the service URI.
NorthwindEntities context = new NorthwindEntities(svcUri);
// Create the separate query URI's, one that returns
// a single customer and another that returns all Products.
Uri customerUri = new Uri(svcUri.AbsoluteUri +
"/Customers('" + customerId + "')/?$expand=Orders");
Uri productsUri = new Uri(svcUri.AbsoluteUri +
"/Products");
// Create the query requests.
DataServiceRequest<Customer> customerQuery =
new DataServiceRequest<Customer>(customerUri);
DataServiceRequest<Product> productsQuery =
new DataServiceRequest<Product>(productsUri);
// Add the query requests to a batch request array.
DataServiceRequest[] batchRequests =
new DataServiceRequest[]{customerQuery, productsQuery};
DataServiceResponse batchResponse;
try
{
// Execute the query batch and get the response.
batchResponse = context.ExecuteBatch(batchRequests);
if (batchResponse.IsBatchResponse)
{
// Parse the batchResponse.BatchHeaders.
}
// Enumerate over the results of the query.
foreach (QueryOperationResponse response in batchResponse)
{
// Handle an error response.
if (response.StatusCode > 299 || response.StatusCode < 200)
{
Console.WriteLine("An error occurred.");
Console.WriteLine(response.Error.Message);
}
else
{
// Find the response for the Customers query.
if (response.Query.ElementType == typeof(Customer))
{
foreach (Customer customer in response)
{
Console.WriteLine("Customer: {0}", customer.CompanyName);
foreach (Order order in customer.Orders)
{
Console.WriteLine("Order ID: {0} - Freight: {1}",
order.OrderID, order.Freight);
}
}
}
// Find the response for the Products query.
else if (response.Query.ElementType == typeof(Product))
{
foreach (Product product in response)
{
Console.WriteLine("Product: {0}", product.ProductName);
}
}
}
}
}
// This type of error is raised when the data service returns with
// a response code < 200 or >299 in the top level element.
catch (DataServiceRequestException e)
{
// Get the response from the exception.
batchResponse = e.Response;
if (batchResponse.IsBatchResponse)
{
// Parse the batchResponse.BatchHeaders.
}
foreach (QueryOperationResponse response in batchResponse)
{
if (response.Error != null)
{
Console.WriteLine("An error occurred.");
Console.WriteLine(response.Error.Message);
}
}
}
Dim customerId = "ALFKI"
' Create the DataServiceContext using the service URI.
Dim context = New NorthwindEntities(svcUri)
' Create the separate query URI's, one that returns
' a single customer and another that returns all Products.
Dim customerUri = New Uri(svcUri.AbsoluteUri & _
"/Customers('" & customerId & "')/?$expand=Orders")
Dim productsUri = New Uri(svcUri.AbsoluteUri & _
"/Products")
' Create the query requests.
Dim customerQuery = New DataServiceRequest(Of Customer)(customerUri)
Dim productsQuery = New DataServiceRequest(Of Product)(productsUri)
' Add the query requests to a batch request array.
Dim batchRequests = _
New DataServiceRequest() {customerQuery, productsQuery}
Dim batchResponse As DataServiceResponse
Try
' Execute the query batch and get the response.
batchResponse = context.ExecuteBatch(batchRequests)
If batchResponse.IsBatchResponse Then
' Parse the batchResponse.BatchHeaders.
End If
' Enumerate over the results of the query.
For Each response As QueryOperationResponse In batchResponse
' Handle an error response.
If response.StatusCode > 299 OrElse response.StatusCode < 200 Then
Console.WriteLine("An error occurred.")
Console.WriteLine(response.Error.Message)
Else
' Find the response for the Customers query.
If response.Query.ElementType Is GetType(Customer) Then
For Each customer As Customer In response
Console.WriteLine("Customer: {0}", customer.CompanyName)
For Each order As Order In customer.Orders
Console.WriteLine("Order ID: {0} - Freight: {1}", _
order.OrderID, order.Freight)
Next
Next
' Find the response for the Products query.
ElseIf response.Query.ElementType Is GetType(Product) Then
For Each product As Product In response
Console.WriteLine("Product: {0}", product.ProductName)
Next
End If
End If
Next
' This type of error is raised when the data service returns with
' a response code < 200 or >299 in the top level element.
Catch ex As DataServiceRequestException
' Get the response from the exception.
batchResponse = ex.Response
If (batchResponse.IsBatchResponse) Then
' Parse the batchResponse.BatchHeaders.
End If
For Each response As QueryOperationResponse In batchResponse
If response.Error IsNot Nothing Then
Console.WriteLine("An error occurred.")
Console.WriteLine(response.Error.Message)
End If
Next
End Try