Selecting multiple rows by ID, is there a faster way than WHERE IN

Question

I have a SQL Table and I would like to select multiple rows by ID. For example I would like to get the row with IDs 1, 5 and 9 from my table.

I have been doing this

Answer 1

OK so I got it going really fast by defining a table type and then passing that type directly into the query and joining onto it.

in SQL

CREATE TYPE [dbo].[IntTable] AS TABLE(
    [value] [int] NULL
)

in code

DataTable dataTable = new DataTable("mythang");
dataTable.Columns.Add("value", typeof(Int32));

toSelect.ToList().ForEach(selectItem => dataTable.Rows.Add(selectItem));

using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(
    @"SELECT * 
    FROM [dbo].[Entities] e 
    INNER JOIN @ids on e.id = value", con))
{
    var parameter = command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@ids", dataTable);
    parameter.SqlDbType = System.Data.SqlDbType.Structured;
    parameter.TypeName = "IntTable";

    using (SqlDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader())
    {
        while (reader.Read())
        {
            results.Add(reader.GetInt32(0));
        }
    }
}

this produces the following results

Querying for 1 random keys (passed in table value) took 2ms
Querying for 1000 random keys (passed in table value) took 3ms
Querying for 2000 random keys (passed in table value) took 4ms
Querying for 3000 random keys (passed in table value) took 6ms
Querying for 4000 random keys (passed in table value) took 8ms
Querying for 5000 random keys (passed in table value) took 9ms
Querying for 6000 random keys (passed in table value) took 11ms
Querying for 7000 random keys (passed in table value) took 13ms
Querying for 8000 random keys (passed in table value) took 17ms
Querying for 9000 random keys (passed in table value) took 16ms
Querying for 10000 random keys (passed in table value) took 18ms