Hello. I have a class named Entry declared like this:

class Entry{
    string Id {get;set;}
    string Name {get;set;}
}  

and then a method that will accept multiple such Entry objects for insertion into the database using ADO.NET:

static void InsertEntries(IEnumerable<Entry> entries){
    //build a SqlCommand object
    using(SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand()){
        ...
        const string refcmdText = "INSERT INTO Entries (id, name) VALUES (@id{0},@name{0});";
        int count = 0;
        string query = string.Empty;
        //build a large query
        foreach(var entry in entries){
            query += string.Format(refcmdText, count);
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue(string.Format("@id{0}",count), entry.Id);
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue(string.Format("@name{0}",count), entry.Name);
            count++;
        }
        cmd.CommandText=query;
        //and then execute the command
        ...
    }
}  

And my question is this: should I keep using the above way of sending multiple insert statements (build a giant string of insert statements and their parameters and send it over the network), or should I keep an open connection and send a single insert statement for each Entry like this:

using(SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(){
    using(SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(){
        //assign connection string and open connection
        ...
        cmd.Connection = conn;
        foreach(var entry in entries){
            cmd.CommandText= "INSERT INTO Entries (id, name) VALUES (@id,@name);";
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@id", entry.Id);
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@name", entry.Name);
            cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
        }
    }
 }  

What do you think? Will there be a performance difference in the Sql Server between the two? Are there any other consequences I should be aware of? Thank you for your time!