Wouldn't you rather do a

    select BulletinID, CVENumber, Title, DatePosted,
           DateRevised, Supported, Summary, Issue, 
           ImpactSeverityID, PreReqSeverityID,
           MitigationSeverityID, PopularityID
    from   dbo_Bulletins
    into   knownbulletins
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(assuming the column names are the same - otherwise, just substitute the proper column names).

This should be much faster than passing everything through a Perl program.

Abigail