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===== Bulk Binding =====
Some databases, Oracle in particular, offer massive performance improvements in insertion performance when used with 2 dimensional bind arrays. This technique is known as ''Bulk Binding''.

===== Concept =====
Using our previous example, let us assume that we need to insert multiple ''some_table'' records, and that we can determine the values to be inserted prior to the execution of all the statements

===== Enabling Bulk Bind Support =====
Bulk Binding using 2D arrays is disabled by default in ADOdb. It must be deliberately enabled in the driver using the following syntax:

<code php>
include 'adodb/adodb.inc.php';

$db = newAdoConnection('drivername');

$db->connect('parameters');

/*
* Enable bulk binding
*/
$db->bulkBind = true;
</code>        

===== Code Modifications =====         
Traditionally, we might write our insert statement like this:

<code php>

$sql = "INSERT INTO some_table(col1,col2,col3) values ('A','B','C')";
$db->execute($sql);
$sql = "INSERT INTO some_table(col1,col2,col3) values ('D','E','F')";
$db->execute($sql);
$sql = "INSERT INTO some_table(col1,col2,col3) values ('G','H','I')";
$db->execute($sql);
$sql = "INSERT INTO some_table(col1,col2,col3) values ('J','K','L')";
$db->execute($sql);
etc......
</code>

We can also use bind variables like this, in this case we may obtain speed improvements over the previous execution:

<code php>
$bindVars = array('A','B','C');
$sql = "INSERT INTO some_table(col1,col2,col3) values (?,?,?)";
$db->execute($sql,$bindVars);
$bindVars = array('D','E','F');
$sql = "INSERT INTO some_table(col1,col2,col3) values (?,?,?)";
$db->execute($sql,$bindVars);
etc......
</code>

If we now turn our ''$bindVars'' into a 2 dimensional array, we can create multiple records using a single SQL statement:

<code php>
$bindVars = array(array('A','B','C'),
                  array('D','E','F'),
                  array('G','H','I'),
                  array('J','K','L'));
$sql = "INSERT INTO some_table(col1,col2,col3) values (?,?,?)";
$db->execute($sql,$bindVars)
</code>
===== Portable Support =====
In databases without Bulk Binding support, ADOdb simply iterates through the $bindVars array, and executes the prepared statement individually.


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