diff --git a/db3.lisp b/db3.lisp
index 18e3082..8f3d4bf 100644
--- a/db3.lisp
+++ b/db3.lisp
@@ -121,16 +121,18 @@
 		      create-table
 		      truncate)
   "Open the DB3 and stream its content to a PostgreSQL database."
-  (when create-table
-    (let ((create-table-sql (db3-create-table filename)))
-      (log-message :notice "Create table \"~a\"" table-name)
-      (log-message :info "~a" create-table-sql)
-      (pgloader.pgsql:execute dbname create-table-sql)))
+  (with-pgsql-transaction (dbname)
+    (when create-table
+      (let ((create-table-sql (db3-create-table filename)))
+	(log-message :notice "Create table \"~a\"" table-name)
+	(log-message :info "~a" create-table-sql)
+	(pgsql-execute create-table-sql)))
 
-  (when truncate
-    (let ((truncate-sql  (format nil "TRUNCATE ~a;" table-name)))
-      (log-message :notice "~a" truncate-sql)
-      (pgloader.pgsql:execute dbname truncate-sql)))
+    (when (and truncate (not create-table))
+      ;; we don't TRUNCATE a table we just CREATEd
+      (let ((truncate-sql  (format nil "TRUNCATE ~a;" table-name)))
+	(log-message :notice "~a" truncate-sql)
+	(pgsql-execute truncate-sql))))
 
   (let* ((*state*     (make-pgstate))
 	 (lp:*kernel* (make-kernel 2))
diff --git a/mysql.lisp b/mysql.lisp
index c48b5be..c0bd242 100644
--- a/mysql.lisp
+++ b/mysql.lisp
@@ -120,10 +120,9 @@ order by table_name, ordinal_position" dbname)))
      collect (get-create-table table-name cols
 			       :identifier-case identifier-case)))
 
-(defun pgsql-create-tables (dbname all-columns
+(defun pgsql-create-tables (all-columns
 			    &key
 			      (identifier-case :downcase)
-			      (pg-dbname dbname)
 			      include-drop)
   "Create all MySQL tables in database dbname in PostgreSQL"
   (loop
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ order by table_name, ordinal_position" dbname)))
      for sql in (get-pgsql-create-tables all-columns
 					 :identifier-case identifier-case
 					 :include-drop include-drop)
-     do (pgloader.pgsql:execute pg-dbname sql :client-min-messages :warning)
+     do (pgsql-execute sql :client-min-messages :warning)
      finally (return nb-tables)))
 
 
@@ -454,7 +453,7 @@ order by ordinal_position" dbname table-name)))
 (defun execute-with-timing (dbname label sql state &key (count 1))
   "Execute given SQL and resgister its timing into STATE."
   (multiple-value-bind (res secs)
-      (timing (pgloader.pgsql:execute dbname sql))
+      (timing (with-pgsql-transaction (dbname) (pgsql-execute sql)))
     (declare (ignore res))
     (pgstate-incf state label :rows count :secs secs)))
 
@@ -477,7 +476,8 @@ order by ordinal_position" dbname table-name)))
 	   for sql in drop-indexes
 	   do
 	     (log-message :notice "~a" sql)
-	     (lp:submit-task drop-channel #'pgloader.pgsql:execute dbname sql))
+	     (lp:submit-task drop-channel
+			     #'execute-with-timing dbname label sql state))
 
 	;; wait for the DROP INDEX to be done before issuing CREATE INDEX
 	(loop for idx in drop-indexes do (lp:receive-result drop-channel))))
@@ -517,10 +517,10 @@ order by ordinal_position" dbname table-name)))
     ;; if asked, first drop/create the tables on the PostgreSQL side
     (when create-tables
       (log-message :notice "~:[~;DROP then ~]CREATE TABLES" include-drop)
-      (pgsql-create-tables dbname all-columns
-			   :identifier-case identifier-case
-			   :pg-dbname pg-dbname
-			   :include-drop include-drop))
+      (with-pgsql-transaction (dbname)
+	(pgsql-create-tables all-columns
+			     :identifier-case identifier-case
+			     :include-drop include-drop)))
 
     (loop
        for (table-name . columns) in all-columns
diff --git a/package.lisp b/package.lisp
index b8f1e62..c7acd09 100644
--- a/package.lisp
+++ b/package.lisp
@@ -50,6 +50,25 @@
   (:export #:map-pop-queue
 	   #:map-push-queue))
 
+(defpackage #:pgloader.pgsql
+  (:use #:cl #:pgloader.params #:pgloader.utils)
+  (:export #:with-pgsql-transaction
+	   #:pgsql-execute
+	   #:truncate-table
+	   #:copy-from-file
+	   #:copy-from-queue
+	   #:list-databases
+	   #:list-tables
+	   #:list-tables-cols
+	   #:reset-all-sequences
+	   #:execute
+	   #:get-date-columns
+	   #:format-row))
+
+
+;;
+;; Specific source handling
+;;
 (defpackage #:pgloader.csv
   (:use #:cl #:pgloader.params #:pgloader.utils)
   (:export #:*csv-path-root*
@@ -62,6 +81,9 @@
 
 (defpackage #:pgloader.db3
   (:use #:cl #:pgloader.params #:pgloader.utils)
+  (:import-from #:pgloader.pgsql
+		#:with-pgsql-transaction
+		#:pgsql-execute)
   (:export #:map-rows
 	   #:copy-to
 	   #:copy-to-queue
@@ -69,16 +91,25 @@
 
 (defpackage #:pgloader.archive
   (:use #:cl #:pgloader.params #:pgloader.utils #:pgloader.csv)
+  (:import-from #:pgloader.pgsql
+		#:with-pgsql-transaction
+		#:pgsql-execute)
   (:export #:import-csv-from-zip))
 
 (defpackage #:pgloader.syslog
   (:use #:cl #:pgloader.params #:pgloader.utils)
+  (:import-from #:pgloader.pgsql
+		#:with-pgsql-transaction
+		#:pgsql-execute)
   (:export #:stream-messages
 	   #:start-syslog-server
 	   #:send-message))
 
 (defpackage #:pgloader.mysql
   (:use #:cl #:pgloader.params #:pgloader.utils)
+  (:import-from #:pgloader.pgsql
+		#:with-pgsql-transaction
+		#:pgsql-execute)
   (:export #:*cast-rules*
 	   #:*default-cast-rules*
 	   #:map-rows
@@ -90,19 +121,10 @@
 	   #:stream-table
 	   #:stream-database))
 
-(defpackage #:pgloader.pgsql
-  (:use #:cl #:pgloader.params #:pgloader.utils)
-  (:export #:truncate-table
-	   #:copy-from-file
-	   #:copy-from-queue
-	   #:list-databases
-	   #:list-tables
-	   #:list-tables-cols
-	   #:reset-all-sequences
-	   #:execute
-	   #:get-date-columns
-	   #:format-row))
-
+
+;;
+;; Main package
+;;
 (defpackage #:pgloader
   (:use #:cl #:pgloader.params #:pgloader.utils)
   (:import-from #:pgloader.pgsql
diff --git a/pgloader.asd b/pgloader.asd
index 473f0b1..9e8b6bb 100644
--- a/pgloader.asd
+++ b/pgloader.asd
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@
 	       (:file "parser"  :depends-on ("package" "params"))
 	       (:file "transforms")
 	       (:file "queue"   :depends-on ("package")) ; pgloader.queue
-	       (:file "csv"     :depends-on ("package")) ; pgloader.csv
-	       (:file "db3"     :depends-on ("package")) ; pgloader.db3
-	       (:file "archive" :depends-on ("package")) ; pgloader.archive
-	       (:file "syslog"  :depends-on ("package")) ; pgloader.syslog
 
 	       ;; package pgloader.pgsql
 	       (:file "pgsql"   :depends-on ("package"
@@ -43,6 +39,12 @@
 					     "utils"
 					     "transforms"))
 
+	       ;; Source format specific implementations
+	       (:file "csv"     :depends-on ("package" "pgsql"))
+	       (:file "db3"     :depends-on ("package" "pgsql"))
+	       (:file "archive" :depends-on ("package" "pgsql"))
+	       (:file "syslog"  :depends-on ("package" "pgsql"))
+
 	       ;; mysql.lisp depends on pgsql.lisp to be able to export data
 	       ;; from MySQL in the PostgreSQL format.
 	       ;;
diff --git a/pgsql.lisp b/pgsql.lisp
index e3ace33..c6f2f21 100644
--- a/pgsql.lisp
+++ b/pgsql.lisp
@@ -14,6 +14,38 @@
       (append conspec (list :port *pgconn-port*))
       (append conspec (list *pgconn-port*)))))
 
+(defun set-session-gucs (alist &key transaction database)
+  "Set given GUCs to given values for the current session."
+  (let ((pomo:*database* (or database pomo:*database*)))
+    (loop
+       for (name . value) in alist
+       do (pomo:execute
+	   (format nil "SET~@[ LOCAL~] ~a TO '~a'" transaction name value)))))
+
+(defmacro with-pgsql-transaction ((dbname &key database) &body forms)
+  "Run FORMS within a PostgreSQL transaction to DBNAME, reusing DATABASE if
+   given. To get the connection spec from the DBNAME, use `get-connection-spec'."
+  (if database
+      `(let ((pomo:*database* database))
+	 (pomo:with-transaction ()
+	   (set-session-gucs *pg-settings* :transaction t)
+	   (progn ,@forms)))
+      ;; no database given, create a new database connection
+      `(pomo:with-connection (get-connection-spec ,dbname)
+	 (set-session-gucs *pg-settings*)
+	 (pomo:with-transaction ()
+	   (progn ,@forms)))))
+
+(defun pgsql-execute (sql &key ((:client-min-messages level)))
+  "Execute given SQL in current transaction"
+  (when level
+    (pomo:execute
+     (format nil "SET LOCAL client_min_messages TO ~a;" (symbol-name level))))
+
+  (pomo:execute sql)
+
+  (when level (pomo:execute (format nil "RESET client_min_messages;"))))
+
 (defun truncate-table (dbname table-name)
   "Truncate given TABLE-NAME in database DBNAME"
   (pomo:with-connection (get-connection-spec dbname)
@@ -72,16 +104,12 @@ select relname, array_agg(case when typname in ('date', 'timestamptz')
 
 (defun reset-all-sequences (dbname)
   "Reset all sequences to the max value of the column they are attached to."
-  (let ((connection
-	 (apply #'cl-postgres:open-database
-		(remove :port (get-connection-spec dbname)))))
+  (pomo:with-connection (get-connection-spec dbname)
+    (pomo:execute "set client_min_messages to warning;")
+    (pomo:execute "listen seqs")
 
-    (cl-postgres:exec-query connection "set client_min_messages to warning;")
-    (cl-postgres:exec-query connection "listen seqs")
-
-    (prog1
-	(handler-case
-	    (cl-postgres:exec-query connection "
+    (handler-case
+	(pomo:execute "
 DO $$
 DECLARE
   n integer := 0;
@@ -110,24 +138,9 @@ BEGIN
   PERFORM pg_notify('seqs', n::text);
 END;
 $$; ")
-	  ;; now get the notification signal
-	  (cl-postgres:postgresql-notification (c)
-	    (parse-integer (cl-postgres:postgresql-notification-payload c))))
-    (cl-postgres:close-database connection))))
-
-(defun execute (dbname sql &key ((:client-min-messages level)))
-  "Execute given SQL in DBNAME"
-  (pomo:with-connection (get-connection-spec dbname)
-    (when level
-      (pomo:execute
-       (format nil "SET client_min_messages TO ~a;" (symbol-name level))))
-    (pomo:execute sql)))
-
-(defun set-session-gucs (alist)
-  "Set given GUCs to given values for the current session."
-  (loop
-     for (name . value) in alist
-     do (pomo:execute (format nil "SET ~a TO ~a" name value))))
+      ;; now get the notification signal
+      (cl-postgres:postgresql-notification (c)
+	(parse-integer (cl-postgres:postgresql-notification-payload c))))))
 
 ;;;
 ;;; PostgreSQL formating tools
@@ -267,20 +280,24 @@ Finally returns how many rows where read and processed."
   (let* ((conspec (get-connection-spec dbname :with-port nil)))
     (loop
        for retval =
-	 (let* ((stream (cl-postgres:open-db-writer conspec table-name nil))
+	 (let* ((copier (cl-postgres:open-db-writer conspec table-name nil
+						    :initialize nil))
 		(*batch* nil)
 		(*batch-size* 0))
 	   (log-message :debug "pgsql:copy-from-queue: starting new batch")
+	   (set-session-gucs *pg-settings*
+			     :database (cl-postgres::copier-database copier))
+	   (cl-postgres::initialize-copier copier)
 	   (unwind-protect
 		(let ((process-row-fn
-		       (make-copy-and-batch-fn stream :transforms transforms)))
+		       (make-copy-and-batch-fn copier :transforms transforms)))
 		  (catch 'next-batch
 		    (pgloader.queue:map-pop-queue dataq process-row-fn)))
 	     ;; in case of data-exception, split the batch and try again
 	     (handler-case
 		 (progn
 		   (log-message :debug "pgsql:copy-from-queue: commit batch")
-		   (cl-postgres:close-db-writer stream))
+		   (cl-postgres:close-db-writer copier))
 	       ((or
 		 CL-POSTGRES-ERROR:UNIQUE-VIOLATION
 		 CL-POSTGRES-ERROR:DATA-EXCEPTION) (e)