Hi all,
I'm looking for the most efficient way to load a large number of entries from a MultiTerm .sdltb termbase using the COM API.
Currently, my code looks like this:
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var originalEntries = termbase.Entries;
var originalEntryIDs = originalEntries.GetEntryIDs();
foreach (string entryId in originalEntryIDs)
{...
var originalEntry = originalEntries.Item(entryId);
...
}
This approach works fine for small termbases. However, with 100,000+ entries, GetEntryIDs() never completes—it just runs indefinitely.
Is there a better approach, or even a way to access the entries directly from the .sdltb file without going through the COM layer?
Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Helena
Hello Helena,
I had the same problem on my end with large database with 100 000+ entries. My workaround is not optimal at all but I had no other: I'm exporting the database to get the ID numbers.
Kind regards
Sébastien
Hello Sebastien and all
I was able to read data directly from a .sdltb file using either the Microsoft Jet or ACE OLEDB provider. Jet is older but usually preinstalled on Windows systems. ACE is more modern but needs to be downloaded separately from the Microsoft website. Once the connector is available, I can query the database and extract fields like term entries and their corresponding IDs, for example:
string connectionString = $@"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source={termbasepath};";List<(string, int)> data = new List<(string, int)>();using (var conn = new OleDbConnection(connectionString)){ conn.Open();
string query = "SELECT * FROM [I_English]"; using (OleDbDataAdapter adapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(query, conn)) { DataTable table = new DataTable(); adapter.Fill(table);
foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows) { data.Add((row["origterm"].ToString(), Convert.ToInt32(row["conceptid"]))); } }}
Helena
Thank you for sharing Helena!