Hello everybody,
I'm looking for a good description of the difference between bulk and normal inserts. Sources I've found such as Data Loading Performance Guide focus too much on other aspects of bulk operations (minimal vs. full logged, different methods to start the bulk operation etc.). That's not quite what I'm looking for. I would appreciate a short list of steps which are done differently in (full logged) bulk insert compared to a normal one (operating on pages rather than on individual rows? What are the differences in locking?).
Thanks in advance.