Dapper Plus Bulk Operations

The Dapper Plus library provides various extension methods such as BulkInsert, BulkUpdate, BulkDelete, BulkMerge, BulkSynchronize to perform different kinds of bulk operations on large amounts of data.

The BulkInsert method allows you to insert a large number of entities in your database.

private static void InsertBooks()
{
    using (IDbConnection connection = new SqlConnection(ConnectionString))
    {
        connection.Open();

        using (var transaction = connection.BeginTransaction())
        {
            transaction.BulkInsert(new List<Book>()
            {
                new Book {Title = "From This Day Forward", Category = "Humor & Entertainment", AuthorId = 4},
                new Book {Title = "Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation", Category = "History", AuthorId = 4},
                new Book {Title = "Records of Our National Life : The National Archives", Category = "History", AuthorId = 4}
            });

            transaction.Commit();
        }
    }
}

You can also insert related entities using the BulkInsert method.

private static void InsertAuthorAndRelatedBooks()
{
    Author author = new Author()
    {
        FirstName = "Cokie",
        LastName = "Roberts",
        Books = new List<Book>()
        {
            new Book {Title = "From This Day Forward", Category = "Humor & Entertainment", AuthorId = 4},
            new Book {Title = "Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation", Category = "History", AuthorId = 4},
            new Book {Title = "Records of Our National Life : The National Archives", Category = "History", AuthorId = 4}
        }
    };

    using (IDbConnection db = new SqlConnection(ConnectionString))
    {
        db.BulkInsert(author, author => author.Books);
    }
}

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