a mass insert/ select benchmarking test, from

http://pyinsci.blogspot.com/2007/07/fastest-python-database-interface.html

diff --git a/test/perf/insertspeed.py b/test/perf/insertspeed.py
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+import testbase
+from sqlalchemy import *
+from sqlalchemy.orm import *
+from testlib import *
+
+
+db = create_engine('sqlite://')
+metadata = MetaData(db)
+Person_table = Table('Person', metadata,
+    Column('name', String(40)),
+    Column('sex', Integer),
+    Column('age', Integer))
+
+@profiling.profiled('test_many_inserts', always=True)
+def test_many_inserts(n):
+    print "Inserting %s records into SQLite(memory) with SQLAlchemy"%n
+    i = Person_table.insert()
+    i.execute([{'name':'John Doe','sex':1,'age':35} for j in xrange(n)])
+    s = Person_table.select()
+    r = s.execute()
+    print "Number of records selected: %s\n"%(len(r.fetchall()))
+
+def all():
+    metadata.create_all()
+    try:
+        test_many_inserts(100000)
+    finally:
+        metadata.drop_all()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    all()