Well, this is really more of a SQL Server / T-SQL question than a Perl question. From the example data you provided and the amount of time it takes, it appears that you either use referential integrity (primary/foreign keys) and/or triggers for a set of tables...

  1. Your file looks to be in a delimited format. Why not just use native bcp?
  2. How long does it take for the inserts to run when using isql?
  3. You're inserting one row at a time. One row per transaction. Is there a reason why you can't insert say 1,000 rows at a time before your execute()?
  4. Instead of using single quotes for adding your data, use $dbh->quote($string) as there is no guarantee that your data file won't have embedded quotes that could mess up the insert. You may want to use $query = sprintf "INSERT INTO SOWND1 values(%s)", $dbh->quote($data[$j]);  $dbh->do($query);

Don't be too quick to blame Perl here.

Jason L. Froebe

Blog, Tech Blog

In reply to Re: Data insert into DB by jfroebe
in thread Data insert into DB by sowraaj

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.