Sql server 2008 - performance tuning features for insert large amount of data

Question

I have to insert large amount of data into a table. Does sqlserver 2008(compared to 2005) has any new features to increase the performance in this case ?

Answer 1

SQL Server 2008 contains the MERGE TSQL statement which can speed up certain types of combined INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE operations.

If you are intending to perform through code, I would suggest using the System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy class (but also present in SQL Server 2005).