1. A method comprising: preparing a statement to be executed in batch form in relation to a database managed by a database management system (DBMS) server for a DBMS client; and repeating a plurality of times, receiving a call to an interface of the DBMS server from the DBMS client to execute the statement that has been prepared, the DBMS client providing a different batch of data to the DMBS server each time the DBMS client calls the interface; processing the different batch of data by the DBMS server in accordance with the statement that has been prepared, to effectuate execution of the statement at the DBMS server on a batch basis in relation to the different batch of data, responsive to receiving the different batch of data from the DBMS client via the DBMS client calling the interface; and after processing the different batch of data, returning results of processing the different batch of data from the DBMS server to the DBMS client, such that the DBMS client receives intermediate feedback as to status of processing the statement prior to the statement being completely processed.