Python call sql-server stored procedure with table valued parameter

I have a python script that loads , transform and calculates data. In sql-server there's a stored procedure that requires a table valued parameter, 2 required parameters and 2 optional parameters. In sql server I can call this SP:

USE [InstName]
GO

DECLARE @return_value int
DECLARE @MergeOnColumn core.MatchColumnTable

INSERT INTO @MergeOnColumn
SELECT 'foo.ExternalInput','bar.ExternalInput'

EXEC    @return_value = [core].[_TableData]
        @Target = N'[dbname].[tablename1]',
        @Source = N'[dbname].[table2]',
        @MergeOnColumn  = @MergeOnColumn,
        @Opt1Param = False,
        @Opt2Param = False

SELECT  'Return Value' = @return_value

GO

after a comprehensive search I found the following post:

How to call stored procedure with SQLAlchemy that requires a user-defined-type Table parameter

it suggests to use PYTDS and the sql-alchemy 's dialect 'sql alchemy pytds' to call a SP with table valued parameters. with this post and the documentation I created the following Python script:

import pandas as pd
import pytds
from pytds import login
import sqlalchemy as sa
from sqlalchemy import create_engine
import sqlalchemy_pytds

def connect():
    return pytds.connect(dsn='ServerName',database='DBName', auth=login.SspiAuth())

engine = sa.create_engine('mssql+pytds://[ServerName]', creator=connect)
conn = engine.raw_connection()
with conn.cursor() as cur:
    arg = ("foo.ExternalInput","bar.ExternalInput")
    tvp = pytds.TableValuedParam(type_name="MergeOnColumn", rows=(arg))
cur.execute('EXEC test_proc %s', ("[dbname].[table2]", "[dbname].[table1]", tvp,))
cur.fetchall()

When I run this code I get the following error message:

TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting

Doe anyone know how to pass in the multiple arguments correctly or has a suggestion how I could handle this call SP directly?

Solution 1:

On the basis of the comments to my question i've managed to get the stored procedure running with table valued parameters (and get the return values from the SP) The final script is as follows:

import pandas as pd
import pytds
from pytds import login
import sqlalchemy as sa
from sqlalchemy import create_engine
import sqlalchemy_pytds

def connect():
    return pytds.connect(dsn='ServerName',database='DBName',autocommit=True, auth=login.SspiAuth())

engine = sa.create_engine('mssql+pytds://[ServerName]', creator=connect)
conn = engine.raw_connection()

with conn.cursor() as cur:
    arg = [["foo.ExternalInput","bar.ExternalInput"]]
    tvp = pytds.TableValuedParam(type_name="core.MatchColumnTable", rows=arg)
    cur.execute("EXEC test_proc @Target = N'[dbname].[tablename1]', @Source = N'[dbname].[table2]', @CleanTarget = 0, @UseColumnsFromTarget = 0, @MergeOnColumn = %s", (tvp,))
    result = cur.fetchall()
    print(result)

The autocommit is added in the connection (to commit the transaction in the cursor), the table valued parameter (marchcolumntable) expects 2 columns, so the arg is modified to fit 2 columns.

The parameters that are required besides the tvp are included in the exec string. The last param in the execute string is the name of the tvp parameter(mergeoncolumn) that is filled with the tvp.

optionally you can add the result status or row count as descripted in the pytds documentation: https://python-tds.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

Note!: in the stored procedure you have to make sure that the SET NOCOUNT ON is added otherwise you wont get any results back to Python

Solution 2:

pytds

Python DBAPI driver for MSSQL using pure Python TDS (Tabular Data Stream) protocol implementation

I used pytds for merge / upsert via a stored procedure targeting a SQL Server.

Example

Here are a example of the basic functions, a row data is represented by Tuple:

def get_connection(instance: str, database: str, user: str, password: str):
    return pytds.connect(
        dsn=instance, database=database, user=user, password=password, autocommit=True
    )

def execute_with_tvp(connection: pytds.Connection, procedure_name: str, rows: list):
    with connection.cursor() as cursor:
         tvp = pytds.TableValuedParam(type_name=my_type, rows=rows)
         cursor.callproc(procedure_name, tvp)