title: How can I speed up INSERTs into <my DBMS> SQL database from <my language>?
body: <p>There have been a number of questions about speeding up INSERTs into an SQL database, such as <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7090243/sql-insert-speed-up">this</a>, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19716598/speed-up-insert">this</a>, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13297974/speed-up-insert-query-mysql">this</a>, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7507757/speeding-up-insert-query-over-2-databases">this</a> and (my favorite) <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1609637/is-it-possible-to-insert-multiple-rows-at-a-time-in-an-sqlite-database/">this</a>.  Many of the questions masquerade as language dependent, but the question generally reduces to:</p>
  
  <p><strong>What general techniques will speed up INSERTS into my [specific DBMS] SQL database from my [specific language] program?</strong></p>