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Anyone having acceptable performance with SQL Server + odbc? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Omg it's sooo daammmn slooow it takes around 30 seconds to bulk - insert 15000 rows

Disabling indices doesn't help. Database log is at SIMPLE. My table is 50 columns wide, and from what i understand the main reason is the stupid limit of 2100 parameters in query in ODBC driver. I am using the . NET SqlBulkCopy. I only open the connection + transaction once per ~15000 inserts

I have 50 millions rows to insert, it takes literally days, please send help, i can fucking write with a pen and paper faster than damned Microsoft driver inserts rows

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Try BCP. I'm fairly new to the Microsoft landscape too, but found using BCP really helped with efficiency on loading.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I will try bcp. Somehow, i was convinced I had to have access to the machine running the sql server to use it, but from the doca i see i can specify a remote host.. Will report back! EDIT: I can't install bcp because it is only distributed with SQLServer itself, and I cannot install it on my corporate laptop.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

No, it's a standalone utility that you can download and install separate from SQL Server. It just adds BCP.exe to your command line.

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Look for the link that says "Download Microsoft Command Line Utilities 15 for SQL Server (x64)".