Hi, Im trying to determine through DBI which is the 'fastest' way to perform an insert. the three subs below are the ways I'm trying but over 1500 iterations, there seems to be little difference. Am I timing the wrong things? Are other factors such as table size and indexing more important than method of insert when it comes to time?

Where $iter is about 1500 and $id is the primary key... 

sub standard {
    my $sth = $dbh->prepare('insert into comic.stuff values (?, ?, ?)'
+);
    for (1..$iter) {
        print "$_\n";
        eval {
            $sth->execute($id, $name, $card);
        };
        print "problemos $@\n" if ($@);
        $id++;
    }
}

sub noeval_proc {
    my $sth = $dbh->prepare('call comic.my_proc(?, ?, ?)');
    for (1..$iter) {
        print "$_\n";
        $sth->execute($id, $name, $card);
        $id++;
    }
}
sub procedure  {
    my $sth = $dbh->prepare('call comic.my_proc(?, ?, ?)');
    for (1..$iter) {
        print "$_\n";
        eval {
            $sth->execute($id, $name, $card);
        };
        print "problemos $@\n" if ($@);
        $id++;
    }
}

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