1. A method for the bulk loading of data into the tables of a database with exit routines defined for operations on such tables, the method comprising: by-passing the existence of exit routines by performing data preprocessing transforming the data in batch mode before loading; and loading the transformed preprocessed data into the database by performing operations on the lower level of tablespace and index spaces where the DB tables reside and not on the database tables themselves, the method further comprising: (1) switching the tablespace and all related index spaces to a stop mode; (2) marking required space map entries as used; (3) loading said preprocessed data into the claimed data pages; (4) updating database index pages; (5) resetting the consistency tokens in each updated page; and (6) switching the tablespace and all related index spaces to a start mode.