Used in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11887895/sqlalchemy-raw-sql-vs-expression-language-statements

mysql_speedtest.py

import time
import sqlite3
import sqlalchemy
from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String,  create_engine
from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session, sessionmaker

Base = declarative_base()
DBSession = scoped_session(sessionmaker())

class Customer(Base):
    __tablename__ = "customer"
    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = Column(String(255))

def init_sqlalchemy(dbname = 'sqlite:///sqlalchemy.db'):
    global engine
    mysqldb=sqlalchemy.engine.url.URL('mysql', username='xxx', password='xxx', host='0.0.0.0.0', database='Customer')
    engine = create_engine(mysqldb, echo=False)
    DBSession.remove()
    DBSession.configure(bind=engine, autoflush=False, expire_on_commit=False)
    Base.metadata.drop_all(engine)
    Base.metadata.create_all(engine)

def test_sqlalchemy_orm(n=100000):
    init_sqlalchemy()
    t0 = time.time()
    for i in range(n):
        customer = Customer()
        customer.name = 'NAME ' + str(i)
        DBSession.add(customer)
        if i % 1000 == 0:
            DBSession.flush()
    DBSession.commit()
    print "SqlAlchemy ORM: Total time for " + str(n) + " records " + str(time.time() - t0) + " secs"

def test_sqlalchemy_orm_pk_given(n=100000):
    init_sqlalchemy()
    t0 = time.time()
    for i in range(n):
        customer = Customer(id=i+1, name="NAME " + str(i))
        DBSession.add(customer)
        if i % 1000 == 0:
            DBSession.flush()
    DBSession.commit()
    print "SqlAlchemy ORM pk given: Total time for " + str(n) + " records " + str(time.time() - t0) + " secs"

def test_sqlalchemy_core(n=100000):
    init_sqlalchemy()
    t0 = time.time()
    engine.execute(
        Customer.__table__.insert(),
        [{"name":'NAME ' + str(i)} for i in range(n)]
    )
    print "SqlAlchemy Core: Total time for " + str(n) + " records " + str(time.time() - t0) + " secs"

def test_sqlalchemy_core_loop(n=100000):
    init_sqlalchemy()
    t0 = time.time()
    for i in range(n):
        engine.execute(
            Customer.__table__.insert(),
            [{"name":'NAME ' + str(i)}]
        )
    print "SqlAlchemy Core Loop: Total time for " + str(n) + " records " + str(time.time() - t0) + " secs"


if __name__ == '__main__':
    test_sqlalchemy_orm(500)
    test_sqlalchemy_orm_pk_given(500)
    test_sqlalchemy_core(500)
    test_sqlalchemy_core_loop(500)