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I have a Publication object and i’d like to insert a batch of them.

Two options:
1. Insert only via the Entity
```for loop
  Publication.new { ... }```
2. Insert via entity table
```Publication.table.batchInsert```

1? 2? I’m not sure

One would think batchInsert would be appropriate for inserting a batch

well, there is not much difference. If you have Entity everywhere, then the first one. Also, if, after insertion, these Entities are used below (in a transaction), then there is no additional select in the case of the first option

Actually there is a little difference : `batchInsert` returns `List&lt;ResultRow&gt;` so this can help to notify if something was inserted or not. With a “manual” loop  + `new` we need a some sort of counter