Please comment on the merits of 2 different methods of interfacing Racket
to a database.

 My use of the term ".import", is in reference to the SQLite3 database dot
command.

Is Method B preferable to Method A? If so, why?

 Method A

Instead of using the Racket: connection function: (define db1
(sqlite3-connect ...

I can use Racket's 'system' function, to issue SQLite3 dot commands such as
'.import' to load a million lines of data from a file into a new SQLite db.

I can then proceed to use Racket's SQL db access commands to insert or
select data.

 OR

 Method B

Use the Racket: connection function: (define db1 (sqlite3-connect ...

Racket does not implement SQLite dot commands, so either:

a) write a million Racket SQL commands such as:

(query-exec db1 "insert into table1 values ('a1', 'b2' 'c3')")

(query-exec db1 "insert into table1 values ('aaa', 'bbb' 'ccc')")

etc.

 OR

 b) write a function:

(query-exec db1 "insert into table1 values (list-loop)")

where:merits of 2 different methods of interfacing Racket to a database

(list-loop) is a function that loops through each of the million lines in a
data file that are intended for the database: db1.

THANKS.
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