diff --git a/src/views/core.clj b/src/views/core.clj
index 7d357d6..a062bfe 100644
--- a/src/views/core.clj
+++ b/src/views/core.clj
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
    [views.base_subscribed_views BaseSubscribedViews]))
 
 (defn config
-  [{:keys [db schema persistence] :as opts}]
+  [{:keys [db schema templates persistence] :as opts}]
   (let [opts (if persistence opts (assoc opts :persistence (InMemoryPersistence.)))]
-    {:db db :schema schema :base-subscribed-views (BaseSubscribedViews. opts)}))
+    {:db db :schema schema :templates templates :base-subscribed-views (BaseSubscribedViews. opts)}))
diff --git a/src/views/db/core.clj b/src/views/db/core.clj
index 3f5e578..7f83f2b 100644
--- a/src/views/db/core.clj
+++ b/src/views/db/core.clj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   (:require
    [clojure.java.jdbc :as j]
    [clojure.tools.logging :refer [debug]]
+   [views.db.load :as vdbl]
    [views.db.honeysql :as vh]
    [views.db.deltas :as vd]
    [views.subscribed-views :refer [subscribed-views broadcast-deltas]]))
@@ -72,6 +73,16 @@
   (let [lookup (first view-sig)]
     (view-map (get-in templates [lookup :fn]) view-sig)))
 
+(defn calculate-bulk-updates
+  [deltas db templates bulk-update-views]
+  (reduce #(assoc %1 (:view-sig %2) {:bulk-update (vdbl/initial-view db (:view-sig %2) templates (:view %2))}) deltas bulk-update-views))
+
+(defn format-deltas
+  [views-with-deltas]
+  (->> views-with-deltas
+       (map #(select-keys % [:view-sig :delete-deltas :insert-deltas :bulk-load]))
+       (group-by :view-sig)))
+
 (defn do-view-transaction
   "Takes the following arguments:
    schema    - from edl.core/defschema
@@ -94,14 +105,17 @@
 
    The function returns the views which received delta updates with the deltas
    keyed to each view-map at the keys :insert-deltas and :delete-deltas."
-  [schema db all-views action]
+  [schema db all-views action templates]
   ;; Every update connected with a view is done in a transaction:
   (j/with-db-transaction [t db :isolation :serializable]
-    (let [need-deltas       (vd/do-view-pre-checks t all-views action)
+    (let [{bulk-update-views true reg-views nil} (group-by :bulk-update? all-views)
+          need-deltas       (vd/do-view-pre-checks t reg-views action)
           need-deltas       (map #(vd/generate-view-delta-map % action) need-deltas)
           table             (-> action vh/extract-tables ffirst)
-          pkey              (vd/get-primary-key schema table)]
-      (vd/perform-action-and-return-deltas schema t need-deltas action table pkey))))
+          pkey              (vd/get-primary-key schema table)
+          {:keys [views-with-deltas result-set]} (vd/perform-action-and-return-deltas schema t need-deltas action table pkey)
+          deltas            (calculate-bulk-updates (format-deltas views-with-deltas) t templates bulk-update-views)]
+      {:new-deltas deltas :result-set result-set})))
 
 ;;
 ;; Need to catch this and retry:
@@ -144,16 +158,6 @@
                (broadcast-deltas ~subscribed-views @deltas#)
                result#))))))
 
-(defn format-deltas
-  [views-with-deltas]
-  (->> views-with-deltas
-       (map #(select-keys % [:view-sig :delete-deltas :insert-deltas]))
-       (group-by :view-sig)))
-
-(defn vexec*
-  []
-  )
-
 (defn vexec!
   "Used to perform arbitrary insert/update/delete actions on the database,
    while ensuring that view deltas are appropriately checked and calculated
@@ -174,18 +178,16 @@
      - subscribed-views takes a ... . It should return
        a collection of view-maps.
 
-     - broadcast-deltas takes a db connection, and the views which have had deltas
-       calculate for them and associated with the hash-maps (appropriately
-       called views-with-deltas)."
+     - broadcast-deltas takes ... ."
   ([action-map opts]
      (vexec! (:db opts) action-map opts))
-  ([db action-map {:keys [schema base-subscribed-views]}]
+  ([db action-map {:keys [schema base-subscribed-views templates]}]
      (let [subbed-views   (subscribed-views base-subscribed-views db)
-           transaction-fn #(do-view-transaction schema db subbed-views action-map)]
+           transaction-fn #(do-view-transaction schema db subbed-views action-map templates)]
        (if-let [deltas (:deltas db)]  ;; inside a transaction we just collect deltas and do not retry
-         (let [{:keys [views-with-deltas result-set]} (transaction-fn)]
-           (swap! deltas into (format-deltas views-with-deltas))
+         (let [{:keys [new-deltas result-set]} (transaction-fn)]
+           (swap! deltas into new-deltas)
            result-set)
-         (let [{:keys [views-with-deltas result-set]} (do-transaction-fn-with-retries transaction-fn)]
-           (broadcast-deltas base-subscribed-views (format-deltas views-with-deltas))
+         (let [{:keys [new-deltas result-set]} (do-transaction-fn-with-retries transaction-fn)]
+           (broadcast-deltas base-subscribed-views new-deltas)
            result-set)))))
diff --git a/test/views/repl.clj b/test/views/repl.clj
index 46daca1..00af766 100644
--- a/test/views/repl.clj
+++ b/test/views/repl.clj
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 
 (def user-insert (hsql/build :insert-into :users :values [{:name (rand-str) :created_on (vf/sql-ts)}]))
 
-(defn make-opts [] (vc/config {:db vf/db :schema test-schema :templates vf/templates :unsafe? true}))
+(defn make-opts
+  ([] (make-opts vf/templates))
+  ([templates] (vc/config {:db vf/db :schema test-schema :templates templates :unsafe? true})))
 
 (defn test-subscribe
   ([sk views] (test-subscribe sk views (make-opts)))