SqlBulkCopy from a List<>

Question

How can I make a big insertion with SqlBulkCopy from a List<> of simple object ?

Do I implement my custom IDataReader ?

Answer 1

With FastMember, you can do this without ever needing to go via DataTable (which, in my tests, more-than-doubles the performance):

using(var bcp = new SqlBulkCopy(connection))
using(var reader = ObjectReader.Create(data, "Id", "Name", "Description"))
{
    bcp.DestinationTableName = "SomeTable";
    bcp.WriteToServer(reader);
}

Note that ObjectReader can also work with non-generic sources, and it is not necessary to specify the member-names in advance (although you probably want to use the ColumnMappings aspect of SqlBulkCopy if you don't specify them in the ObjectReader itself).