Question

I want to insert say 50,000 records into sql server database 2000 at a time. How to accomplish this?

Answer 1

You can use the SELECT TOP clause: in MSSQL 2005 it was extended allowing you to use a variable to specify the number of records (older version allowed only a numeric constant)

You can try something like this: (untested, because I have no access to a MSSQL2005 at the moment)

begin declare @n int, @rows int      select @rows = count(*) from sourcetable      select @n=0      while @n < @rows     begin          insert into desttable         select top 2000 *          from sourcetable         where id_sourcetable not in (select top (@n) id_sourcetable                      from sourcetable                      order by id_sourcetable)         order by id_sourcetable          select @n=@n+2000     end end