Question

I have a L2S query that looks like this:

using (MyDC TheDC = new MyDC())
{
   foreach (MyObject TheObject in TheListOfMyObjects)
   {
      DBTable TheTable = new DBTable();

      TheTable.Prop1 = TheObject.Prop1;
      TheTable.Prop2 = TheObject.Prop2; 
      // only 2 properties, an int and a string

      TheDC.DBTables.InsertOnSubmit(TheTable);
   }
   TheDC.SubmitChanges();
}

How could I change this to a stored procedure that does a bulk insert of the list? I found this article that talks about using a dataset and sqlbulkcopy classes; is this the best way to do it?

Thank you for your suggestions and feedback.

Answer 1

Maybe something like this:

void Main()
{
    //Your list of objects
    List<MyObject> TheListOfMyObjects=new List<MyObject>();

    var dt=new DataTable();
    dt.Columns.Add("Prop1",typeof(int));
    dt.Columns.Add("Prop2",typeof(string));
    foreach (var TheObject in TheListOfMyObjects)
    {
        dt.Rows.Add(TheObject.Prop1,TheObject.Prop2);
    }
    InsertWithBulk(dt,"YourConnnectionString","MyObject");
}
private void InsertWithBulk(DataTable dt,string connectionString,string tableName)
{
    using (SqlConnection destinationConnection =new SqlConnection(connectionString))
    {
        destinationConnection.Open();
        using (SqlBulkCopy bulkCopy = new SqlBulkCopy(destinationConnection))
        {
            bulkCopy.DestinationTableName =tableName;

            try
            {
                bulkCopy.WriteToServer(dt);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                //Exception from the bulk copy
            }
        }
    }
}