#Tutorial

This post is the direct result of working with an InterSystems customer who came to me with the following problem:

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM MyCustomTable

Takes 0.005 seconds, total 2300 rows.  However:

SELECT * FROM MyCustomTable

Took minutes.  The reason for this is subtle and interesting enough for me to write a post about.  This post is lengthy, but if you scroll to the bottom I'll write a quick summary, so if you've gotten this far and think you've already read enough, scroll to the end to get the main point.  Check for the sentence in bold.

I have to connect to an external database and I'd like to use the JDBC SQL Gateway.

I followed this tutorial [1] to create a JDBC SQL Gateway and after configured it works as expected, but I don't know

how use this connection into source code. Maybe these other tutorial is related [2] and [3].

[1] http://docs.intersystems.com/latest/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls?KEY…

[2] https://community.intersystems.com/product-documentation/intersystems-p…

[3] http://docs.intersystems.com/latest/csp/documatic/%25CSP.

Hi this is my first post, so a little about my background. I've been programming in PHP/JavaScript for about 10 years.  
I've got quite a bit of knowledge surrounding object orientated programming and know the basics.

Last year I looked into the Mirth integration engine and did some work around that.

I've now moved jobs and I'm doing some work (surprise, surprise) with Ensemble.

I've done the tutorial and understand the basics of the web 'frontend' and what an integration engine can do.

New to CSP and Zen.  I've been going through tutorials and have made some progress.  Using the "Contacts" tutorial as an example, I'm trying to create a "ViewContact" page.  I want this to be linkable so I'm using URI Parameters, which I understand.  However, what I'm not sure about is how to retrieve a specific record.  Should I use a SQL statement?  If so, how?

Let's say I just wanted to display the property "Name" for the contact with ID 12.  What would be the best way to do so?