diff --git a/pylib/anki/dbproxy.py b/pylib/anki/dbproxy.py
index 71eff93f3..80cb3795d 100644
--- a/pylib/anki/dbproxy.py
+++ b/pylib/anki/dbproxy.py
@@ -100,12 +100,11 @@ class DBProxy:
     # Updates
     ################
 
-    def executemany(self, sql: str, args: Iterable[Iterable[ValueForDB]]) -> None:
+    def executemany(self, sql: str, args: Iterable[Sequence[ValueForDB]]) -> None:
         self.mod = True
-        # fixme
-        for row in args:
-            self.execute(sql, *row)
-
-    def executescript(self, sql: str) -> None:
-        self.mod = True
-        raise Exception("fixme")
+        assert ":" not in sql
+        if isinstance(args, list):
+            list_args = args
+        else:
+            list_args = list(args)
+        self._backend.db_execute_many(sql, list_args)
diff --git a/pylib/anki/rsbackend.py b/pylib/anki/rsbackend.py
index ab2534a54..db427b4a2 100644
--- a/pylib/anki/rsbackend.py
+++ b/pylib/anki/rsbackend.py
@@ -386,9 +386,12 @@ class RustBackend:
     def restore_trash(self):
         self._run_command(pb.BackendInput(restore_trash=pb.Empty()))
 
-    def db_query(self, sql: str, args: Iterable[ValueForDB]) -> List[DBRow]:
+    def db_query(self, sql: str, args: List[ValueForDB]) -> List[DBRow]:
         return self._db_command(dict(kind="query", sql=sql, args=args))
 
+    def db_execute_many(self, sql: str, args: List[List[ValueForDB]]) -> List[DBRow]:
+        return self._db_command(dict(kind="executemany", sql=sql, args=args))
+
     def db_begin(self) -> None:
         return self._db_command(dict(kind="begin"))
 
diff --git a/rslib/src/backend/dbproxy.rs b/rslib/src/backend/dbproxy.rs
index f0c2512a2..f4ebaf8b6 100644
--- a/rslib/src/backend/dbproxy.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/backend/dbproxy.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,17 @@ use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "kind", rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub(super) enum DBRequest {
-    Query { sql: String, args: Vec<SqlValue> },
+    Query {
+        sql: String,
+        args: Vec<SqlValue>,
+    },
     Begin,
     Commit,
     Rollback,
+    ExecuteMany {
+        sql: String,
+        args: Vec<Vec<SqlValue>>,
+    },
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
@@ -74,13 +81,13 @@ pub(super) fn db_command_bytes(ctx: &StorageContext, input: &[u8]) -> Result<Str
             ctx.rollback_trx()?;
             DBResult::None
         }
+        DBRequest::ExecuteMany { sql, args } => db_execute_many(ctx, &sql, &args)?,
     };
     Ok(serde_json::to_string(&resp)?)
 }
 
 pub(super) fn db_query(ctx: &StorageContext, sql: &str, args: &[SqlValue]) -> Result<DBResult> {
     let mut stmt = ctx.db.prepare_cached(sql)?;
-
     let columns = stmt.column_count();
 
     let res: std::result::Result<Vec<Vec<_>>, rusqlite::Error> = stmt
@@ -96,3 +103,17 @@ pub(super) fn db_query(ctx: &StorageContext, sql: &str, args: &[SqlValue]) -> Re
 
     Ok(DBResult::Rows(res?))
 }
+
+pub(super) fn db_execute_many(
+    ctx: &StorageContext,
+    sql: &str,
+    args: &[Vec<SqlValue>],
+) -> Result<DBResult> {
+    let mut stmt = ctx.db.prepare_cached(sql)?;
+
+    for params in args {
+        stmt.execute(params)?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(DBResult::None)
+}