Optimizing MySQL: Adding Data to Tables


 

Welcome back to the MySQL optimization series! In case you haven’t been following this series, in the past couple of articles we have discussed the basics of query optimization, and told you how to optimize SELECT queries for performance as well.

In this blog, we’re further learning ways to optimize INSERT operations and look at alternatives when you need to load more than a few rows in the LOAD DATA INFILE statement.

How Does INSERT Work?

As the name suggests, INSERT is the query that’s used to create data in tables in a database. The internal functioning of a basic