Bulk Data Loading in Babelfish on FoundryDB
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Loading data efficiently is one of the first things you need to sort out when migrating from SQL Server. Babelfish supports several bulk loading patterns natively, but the BULK INSERT statement is not one of them. This post documents what works, what does not, and the best alternatives, all tested live against Babelfish 4.8.0 on PostgreSQL 16.11.
For provisioning instructions, see the Babelfish getting started guide.