diff --git a/store/postgres/src/dynds/private.rs b/store/postgres/src/dynds/private.rs
index e8e7f4ce992..243a7dc5a57 100644
--- a/store/postgres/src/dynds/private.rs
+++ b/store/postgres/src/dynds/private.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-use std::ops::Bound;
+use std::{collections::HashMap, i32, ops::Bound};
 
 use diesel::{
-    pg::sql_types,
+    pg::{sql_types, Pg},
     prelude::*,
+    query_builder::{AstPass, QueryFragment, QueryId},
     sql_query,
     sql_types::{Binary, Bool, Integer, Jsonb, Nullable},
     PgConnection, QueryDsl, RunQueryDsl,
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ use graph::{
     prelude::{serde_json, BlockNumber, StoreError},
 };
 
-use crate::primary::Namespace;
+use crate::{primary::Namespace, relational_queries::POSTGRES_MAX_PARAMETERS};
 
 type DynTable = diesel_dynamic_schema::Table<String, Namespace>;
 type DynColumn<ST> = diesel_dynamic_schema::Column<DynTable, &'static str, ST>;
@@ -226,16 +227,12 @@ impl DataSourcesTable {
             return Ok(count as usize);
         }
 
-        type Tuple = (
-            (Bound<i32>, Bound<i32>),
-            i32,
-            Option<Vec<u8>>,
-            Option<serde_json::Value>,
-            i32,
-            Option<i32>,
-        );
+        let manifest_map =
+            ManifestIdxMap::new(src_manifest_idx_and_name, dst_manifest_idx_and_name);
 
-        let src_tuples = self
+        // Load all data sources that were created up to and including
+        // `target_block` and transform them ready for insertion
+        let dss: Vec<_> = self
             .table
             .clone()
             .filter(
@@ -250,55 +247,18 @@ impl DataSourcesTable {
                 &self.done_at,
             ))
             .order_by(&self.vid)
-            .load::<Tuple>(conn)?;
+            .load::<DsForCopy>(conn)?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|ds| ds.src_to_dst(target_block, &manifest_map, &self.namespace, &dst.namespace))
+            .collect::<Result<_, _>>()?;
 
+        // Split all dss into chunks so that we never use more than
+        // `POSTGRES_MAX_PARAMETERS` bind variables per chunk
+        let chunk_size = POSTGRES_MAX_PARAMETERS / CopyDsQuery::BIND_PARAMS;
         let mut count = 0;
-        for (block_range, src_manifest_idx, param, context, causality_region, done_at) in src_tuples
-        {
-            let name = &src_manifest_idx_and_name
-                .iter()
-                .find(|(idx, _)| idx == &src_manifest_idx)
-                .with_context(|| {
-                    anyhow!(
-                        "the source {} does not have a template with index {}",
-                        self.namespace,
-                        src_manifest_idx
-                    )
-                })?
-                .1;
-            let dst_manifest_idx = dst_manifest_idx_and_name
-                .iter()
-                .find(|(_, n)| n == name)
-                .with_context(|| {
-                    anyhow!(
-                        "the destination {} is missing a template with name {}. The source {} created one at block {:?}",
-                        dst.namespace,
-                        name, self.namespace, block_range.0
-                    )
-                })?
-                .0;
-
-            let query = format!(
-                "\
-             insert into {dst}(block_range, manifest_idx, param, context, causality_region, done_at)
-             values(case
-                 when upper($2) <= $1 then $2
-                 else int4range(lower($2), null)
-             end,
-             $3, $4, $5, $6, $7)
-             ",
-                dst = dst.qname
-            );
-
-            count += sql_query(query)
-                .bind::<Integer, _>(target_block)
-                .bind::<sql_types::Range<Integer>, _>(block_range)
-                .bind::<Integer, _>(dst_manifest_idx)
-                .bind::<Nullable<Binary>, _>(param)
-                .bind::<Nullable<Jsonb>, _>(context)
-                .bind::<Integer, _>(causality_region)
-                .bind::<Nullable<Integer>, _>(done_at)
-                .execute(conn)?;
+        for chunk in dss.chunks(chunk_size) {
+            let query = CopyDsQuery::new(dst, chunk)?;
+            count += query.execute(conn)?;
         }
 
         // If the manifest idxes remained constant, we can test that both tables have the same
@@ -361,3 +321,141 @@ impl DataSourcesTable {
             .optional()?)
     }
 }
+
+/// Map src manifest indexes to dst manifest indexes. If the
+/// destination is missing an entry, put `None` as the value for the
+/// source index
+struct ManifestIdxMap {
+    map: HashMap<i32, (Option<i32>, String)>,
+}
+
+impl ManifestIdxMap {
+    fn new(src: &[(i32, String)], dst: &[(i32, String)]) -> Self {
+        let dst_idx_map: HashMap<&String, i32> =
+            HashMap::from_iter(dst.iter().map(|(idx, name)| (name, *idx)));
+        let map = src
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(src_idx, src_name)| {
+                (
+                    *src_idx,
+                    (dst_idx_map.get(src_name).copied(), src_name.to_string()),
+                )
+            })
+            .collect();
+        ManifestIdxMap { map }
+    }
+
+    fn dst_idx(
+        &self,
+        src_idx: i32,
+        src_nsp: &Namespace,
+        src_created: BlockNumber,
+        dst_nsp: &Namespace,
+    ) -> Result<i32, StoreError> {
+        let (dst_idx, name) = self.map.get(&src_idx).with_context(|| {
+            anyhow!(
+                "the source {src_nsp} does not have a template with \
+              index {src_idx} but created one at block {src_created}"
+            )
+        })?;
+        let dst_idx = dst_idx.with_context(|| {
+            anyhow!(
+                "the destination {dst_nsp} is missing a template with \
+                name {name}. The source {src_nsp} created one at block {src_created}"
+            )
+        })?;
+        Ok(dst_idx)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Queryable)]
+struct DsForCopy {
+    block_range: (Bound<i32>, Bound<i32>),
+    idx: i32,
+    param: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+    context: Option<serde_json::Value>,
+    causality_region: i32,
+    done_at: Option<i32>,
+}
+
+impl DsForCopy {
+    fn src_to_dst(
+        mut self,
+        target_block: BlockNumber,
+        map: &ManifestIdxMap,
+        src_nsp: &Namespace,
+        dst_nsp: &Namespace,
+    ) -> Result<Self, StoreError> {
+        // unclamp block range if it ends beyond target block
+        match self.block_range.1 {
+            Bound::Included(block) if block > target_block => self.block_range.1 = Bound::Unbounded,
+            Bound::Excluded(block) if block - 1 > target_block => {
+                self.block_range.1 = Bound::Unbounded
+            }
+            _ => { /* use block range as is */ }
+        }
+        // Translate manifest index
+        let src_created = match self.block_range.0 {
+            Bound::Included(block) => block,
+            Bound::Excluded(block) => block + 1,
+            Bound::Unbounded => 0,
+        };
+        self.idx = map.dst_idx(self.idx, src_nsp, src_created, dst_nsp)?;
+        Ok(self)
+    }
+}
+
+struct CopyDsQuery<'a> {
+    dst: &'a DataSourcesTable,
+    dss: &'a [DsForCopy],
+}
+
+impl<'a> CopyDsQuery<'a> {
+    const BIND_PARAMS: usize = 6;
+
+    fn new(dst: &'a DataSourcesTable, dss: &'a [DsForCopy]) -> Result<Self, StoreError> {
+        Ok(CopyDsQuery { dst, dss })
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> QueryFragment<Pg> for CopyDsQuery<'a> {
+    fn walk_ast<'b>(&'b self, mut out: AstPass<'_, 'b, Pg>) -> QueryResult<()> {
+        out.unsafe_to_cache_prepared();
+        out.push_sql("insert into ");
+        out.push_sql(&self.dst.qname);
+        out.push_sql(
+            "(block_range, manifest_idx, param, context, causality_region, done_at) values ",
+        );
+        let mut first = true;
+        for ds in self.dss.iter() {
+            if first {
+                first = false;
+            } else {
+                out.push_sql(", ");
+            }
+            out.push_sql("(");
+            out.push_bind_param::<sql_types::Range<Integer>, _>(&ds.block_range)?;
+            out.push_sql(", ");
+            out.push_bind_param::<Integer, _>(&ds.idx)?;
+            out.push_sql(", ");
+            out.push_bind_param::<Nullable<Binary>, _>(&ds.param)?;
+            out.push_sql(", ");
+            out.push_bind_param::<Nullable<Jsonb>, _>(&ds.context)?;
+            out.push_sql(", ");
+            out.push_bind_param::<Integer, _>(&ds.causality_region)?;
+            out.push_sql(", ");
+            out.push_bind_param::<Nullable<Integer>, _>(&ds.done_at)?;
+            out.push_sql(")");
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> QueryId for CopyDsQuery<'a> {
+    type QueryId = ();
+
+    const HAS_STATIC_QUERY_ID: bool = false;
+}
+
+impl<'a, Conn> RunQueryDsl<Conn> for CopyDsQuery<'a> {}
diff --git a/store/postgres/src/relational_queries.rs b/store/postgres/src/relational_queries.rs
index c6567c5d4f7..028f6044c34 100644
--- a/store/postgres/src/relational_queries.rs
+++ b/store/postgres/src/relational_queries.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ use crate::{
 const BASE_SQL_COLUMNS: [&str; 2] = ["id", "vid"];
 
 /// The maximum number of bind variables that can be used in a query
-const POSTGRES_MAX_PARAMETERS: usize = u16::MAX as usize; // 65535
+pub(crate) const POSTGRES_MAX_PARAMETERS: usize = u16::MAX as usize; // 65535
 
 const SORT_KEY_COLUMN: &str = "sort_key$";