Jeroen Mostert

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The Perils and Pitfalls of SqlBulkCopy (part 2)

When we last saw our (peculiarly anonymous) heroes, they had just managed to do a very basic bulk import using SqlBulkCopy, despite some initial hurdles figuring out the finer points. As a reminder, here’s the code we ended up with:

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Stroustrup on simplifying things

Quoth Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++, in a 2006 interview with MIT Technology Review, answering the implied question of whether simplifying the process of coding to enable more wide-spread participation was a good idea:

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Interlude: the Perils and Pitfalls of BULK INSERT

As I’ve been ranting against SqlBulkCopy, here’s a brief interlude about how not everything is its fault.

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The Perils and Pitfalls of SqlBulkCopy (part 1)

Eric Lippert has written about the concept of the “Pit of Quality” – designing a language so the rules guide developers towards writing correct code, and actively make it harder to write incorrect code.

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OK, so it's not that hard.

You just follow the instructions and have a bit of patience.

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