diff --git a/db/boinc_db.cpp b/db/boinc_db.cpp
index ff653e5db0..8c78338abd 100644
--- a/db/boinc_db.cpp
+++ b/db/boinc_db.cpp
@@ -884,6 +884,49 @@ void DB_WORKUNIT::db_print(char* buf){
     );
 }
 
+void DB_WORKUNIT::db_print_values(char* buf) {
+    sprintf(buf,
+        "(0, %d, %d, "
+        "'%s', '%s', %d, "
+        "%f, %f, "
+        "%f, %f, "
+        "%d, "
+        "%u, %f, "
+        "%d, %d, "
+        "%d, %d, %d, "
+        "%d, %f, "
+        "%d, %d, %d, "
+        "%d, %d, "
+        "'%s', NOW(), "
+        "%d, "
+        "%f, "
+        "%d, "
+        "%d, "
+        "%d, "
+        "%d)",
+        create_time, appid,
+        name, xml_doc, batch,
+        rsc_fpops_est, rsc_fpops_bound, rsc_memory_bound, rsc_disk_bound,
+        need_validate,
+        canonical_resultid, canonical_credit,
+        transition_time, delay_bound,
+        error_mask, file_delete_state, assimilate_state,
+        hr_class, opaque,
+        min_quorum,
+        target_nresults,
+        max_error_results,
+        max_total_results,
+        max_success_results,
+        result_template_file,
+        priority,
+        rsc_bandwidth_bound,
+        fileset_id,
+        app_version_id,
+        transitioner_flags,
+        size_class
+    );
+}
+
 void DB_WORKUNIT::db_parse(MYSQL_ROW &r) {
     int i=0;
     clear();
diff --git a/db/boinc_db.h b/db/boinc_db.h
index 4c6555903d..bb9ba61868 100644
--- a/db/boinc_db.h
+++ b/db/boinc_db.h
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ public:
     DB_WORKUNIT(DB_CONN* p=0);
     int get_id();
     void db_print(char*);
+    void db_print_values(char*);
     void db_parse(MYSQL_ROW &row);
     void operator=(WORKUNIT& w) {WORKUNIT::operator=(w);}
 };
diff --git a/tools/backend_lib.cpp b/tools/backend_lib.cpp
index 69c4b47f91..97fdb4d353 100644
--- a/tools/backend_lib.cpp
+++ b/tools/backend_lib.cpp
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ int create_work(
     int ninfiles,
     SCHED_CONFIG& config_loc,
     const char* command_line,
-    const char* additional_xml
+    const char* additional_xml,
+    char* query_string
 ) {
     int retval;
     char _result_template[BLOB_SIZE];
@@ -321,7 +322,9 @@ int create_work(
     } else {
         wu.transition_time = time(0);
     }
-    if (wu.id) {
+    if (query_string) {
+        wu.db_print_values(query_string);
+    } else if (wu.id) {
         retval = wu.update();
         if (retval) {
             fprintf(stderr,
diff --git a/tools/backend_lib.h b/tools/backend_lib.h
index e90f156ba3..97df682a00 100644
--- a/tools/backend_lib.h
+++ b/tools/backend_lib.h
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ extern int create_work(
     int ninfiles,
     SCHED_CONFIG&,
     const char* command_line = NULL,
-    const char* additional_xml = NULL
+    const char* additional_xml = NULL,
+    char* query_string = 0
 );
 
 extern int stage_file(const char*, bool);
diff --git a/tools/create_work.cpp b/tools/create_work.cpp
index 518677c126..407ee0a976 100644
--- a/tools/create_work.cpp
+++ b/tools/create_work.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 
 #include "backend_lib.h"
 
+using std::string;
+
 void usage() {
     fprintf(stderr,
         "usage: create_work [options] infile1 infile2 ...\n"
@@ -292,6 +294,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         );
         exit(1);
     }
+    boinc_db.set_isolation_level(READ_UNCOMMITTED);
     sprintf(buf, "where name='%s'", app.name);
     retval = app.lookup(buf);
     if (retval) {
@@ -314,8 +317,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     strcpy(jd.result_template_path, "./");
     strcat(jd.result_template_path, jd.result_template_file);
     if (use_stdin) {
+        string values;
+        DB_WORKUNIT wu;
         int _argc;
-        char* _argv[100];
+        char* _argv[100], value_buf[MAX_QUERY_LEN];
         for (int j=0; ; j++) {
             char* p = fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin);
             if (p == NULL) break;
@@ -326,7 +331,46 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
             if (!strlen(jd2.wu.name)) {
                 sprintf(jd2.wu.name, "%s_%d", jd.wu.name, j);
             }
-            jd2.create();
+            create_work(
+                jd2.wu,
+                jd2.wu_template,
+                jd2.result_template_file,
+                jd2.result_template_path,
+                const_cast<const char **>(jd2.infiles),
+                jd2.ninfiles,
+                config,
+                jd2.command_line,
+                jd2.additional_xml,
+                value_buf
+            );
+            if (values.size()) {
+                values += ",";
+                values += value_buf;
+            } else {
+                values = value_buf;
+            }
+            // MySQL can handles queries at least 1 MB
+            //
+            int n = strlen(value_buf);
+            if (values.size() + 2*n > 1000000) {
+                retval = wu.insert_batch(values);
+                if (retval) {
+                    fprintf(stderr,
+                        "wu.insert_batch() failed: %d\n", retval
+                    );
+                    exit(1);
+                }
+                values.clear();
+            }
+        }
+        if (values.size()) {
+            retval = wu.insert_batch(values);
+            if (retval) {
+                fprintf(stderr,
+                    "wu.insert_batch() failed: %d\n", retval
+                );
+                exit(1);
+            }
         }
     } else {
         jd.create();