Fastest Way of Inserting in Entity Framework

Question

I\'m looking for the fastest way of inserting into Entity Framework.

I\'m asking this because of the scenario where you have an active TransactionScope a

Answer 1

The secret is to insert into an identical blank staging table. Inserts are lightening quick. Then run a single insert from that into your main large table. Then truncate the staging table ready for the next batch.

ie.

insert into some_staging_table using Entity Framework.

-- Single insert into main table (this could be a tiny stored proc call)
insert into some_main_already_large_table (columns...)
   select (columns...) from some_staging_table
truncate table some_staging_table