Perl DBI insert multiple rows using mysql native multiple insert ability

Question

Has anyone seen a DBI-type module for Perl which capitalizes, easily, on MySQL\'s multi-insert syntax

insert into TBL (col1, col2, col3) values (1,2,3),(4,5,6

Answer 1

If DBD::mysql supported DBI's execute_for_fetch (see DBI's execute_array and execute_for_fetch) this is the typical usage scenario i.e., you have multiple rows of inserts/updates/deletes available now and want to send them in one go (or in batches). I've no idea if the mysql client libs support sending multiple rows of bound parameters in one go but most other database client libs do and can take advantage of DBI's execute_array/execute_for_fetch. Unfortunately few DBDs actually implement execute_array/execute_for_fetch and rely on DBI implementing it one row at a time.