: Always insert data in order. For example, if you have a posts table that belongs to a users table, populate the users first. 3. Best Practices for Managing Large Datasets

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: Use tools like the MySQL CLI or PostgreSQL's psql to automate the loading process during deployment. 4. Security Warning: Don't Leak Secrets

: Quickly reset your environment to a known state before running integration tests.

: Wrap your inserts in a transaction ( BEGIN; ... COMMIT; ) to ensure that if one row fails, the whole database doesn't end up in a "half-filled" state.