Fastest Way of Inserting in Entity Framework

Question

I\'m looking for the fastest way of inserting into Entity Framework.

I\'m asking this because of the scenario where you have an active TransactionScope a

Answer 1

SqlBulkCopy is super quick

This is my implementation:

// at some point in my calling code, I will call:
var myDataTable = CreateMyDataTable();
myDataTable.Rows.Add(Guid.NewGuid,tableHeaderId,theName,theValue); // e.g. - need this call for each row to insert

var efConnectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["MyWebConfigEfConnection"].ConnectionString;
var efConnectionStringBuilder = new EntityConnectionStringBuilder(efConnectionString);
var connectionString = efConnectionStringBuilder.ProviderConnectionString;
BulkInsert(connectionString, myDataTable);

private DataTable CreateMyDataTable()
{
    var myDataTable = new DataTable { TableName = "MyTable"};
// this table has an identity column - don't need to specify that
    myDataTable.Columns.Add("MyTableRecordGuid", typeof(Guid));
    myDataTable.Columns.Add("MyTableHeaderId", typeof(int));
    myDataTable.Columns.Add("ColumnName", typeof(string));
    myDataTable.Columns.Add("ColumnValue", typeof(string));
    return myDataTable;
}

private void BulkInsert(string connectionString, DataTable dataTable)
{
    using (var connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
    {
        connection.Open();
        SqlTransaction transaction = null;
        try
        {
            transaction = connection.BeginTransaction();

            using (var sqlBulkCopy = new SqlBulkCopy(connection, SqlBulkCopyOptions.TableLock, transaction))
            {
                sqlBulkCopy.DestinationTableName = dataTable.TableName;
                foreach (DataColumn column in dataTable.Columns) {
                    sqlBulkCopy.ColumnMappings.Add(column.ColumnName, column.ColumnName);
                }

                sqlBulkCopy.WriteToServer(dataTable);
            }
            transaction.Commit();
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            transaction?.Rollback();
            throw;
        }
    }
}