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💡 What: Refactored validate_omop_database and _upsert_sql_tables to query the existing database schema for tables once upfront (using sqlite_master for sqlite/duckdb where it is safe), and passed this cached set into the iteration loops to prevent repetitive _table_exists slow checks.
🎯 Why: Previously, the code relied entirely on SELECT 1 FROM table LIMIT 1 catching an exception to determine if a table existed. This occurred in a hot path for every table check loop (e.g., in validate_omop_database and _upsert_sql_tables), resulting in slow N+1 schema queries. The new approach fetches the schema list safely where supported and does quick in checks on the set.
📊 Measured Improvement: In a benchmark testing 2000 sequential _table_exists operations against a DuckDB memory database containing 10 tables, the execution time improved from ~0.75 seconds to ~0.01 seconds. In a SQLite memory database, it dropped from ~0.01 seconds to ~0.001 seconds. The overall validation loop performance speeds up proportionally.


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This change refactors `validate_omop_database` and `_upsert_sql_tables` to
query the database schema for table names exactly once for supported
databases (SQLite and DuckDB) using `sqlite_master`. It then uses this
pre-fetched set to quickly check for table existence, bypassing the
slower and repetitive `SELECT 1 FROM table LIMIT 1` exception-driven check.
This significantly improves the performance of validation and upsert
operations by avoiding N+1 schema queries when repeatedly checking for
tables, while still falling back to the original safe check when
necessary (e.g. for non-supported database dialects).
Co-authored-by: zrt219 <199104500+zrt219@users.noreply.github.com>
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