diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 79acf5a..cbe3b0d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Only accretive/fixative changes will be made from now on.
 
+* 1.2.next in progress
+  * Enhance `insert-multi!` to accept a sequence of hash maps and also to support batch execution, via PR [#206](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/pull/206) -- [@rschmukler](https://github.com/rschmukler).
+  * Fix HikariCP pooling example.
+
 * 1.2.780 -- 2022-04-04
   * Address [#204](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/issues/204) by adding `next.jdbc/on-connection`.
   * Address [#203](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/issues/203) by adding a note to the **PostgreSQL Tips & Tricks** section.
diff --git a/doc/friendly-sql-functions.md b/doc/friendly-sql-functions.md
index d0bc223..7cb2786 100644
--- a/doc/friendly-sql-functions.md
+++ b/doc/friendly-sql-functions.md
@@ -53,6 +53,20 @@ Given a table name (as a keyword), a vector of column names, and a vector of row
                    "Aunt Sally" "sour@lagunitas.beer"] {:return-keys true})
 ```
 
+Given a table name (as a keyword) and a vector of hash maps, this performs a multi-row insertion into the database:
+
+```clojure
+(sql/insert-multi! ds :address
+  [{:name "Stella", :email "stella@artois.beer"}
+   {:name "Waldo", :email "waldo@lagunitas.beer"}
+   {:name "Aunt Sally", :email "sour@lagunitas.beer"}])
+;; equivalent to
+(jdbc/execute! ds ["INSERT INTO address (name,email) VALUES (?,?), (?,?), (?,?)"
+                   "Stella" "stella@artois.beer"
+                   "Waldo" "waldo@lagunitas.beer"
+                   "Aunt Sally" "sour@lagunitas.beer"] {:return-keys true})
+```
+
 > Note: this expands to a single SQL statement with placeholders for every
 value being inserted -- for large sets of rows, this may exceed the limits
 on SQL string size and/or number of parameters for your JDBC driver or your
@@ -60,7 +74,42 @@ database. Several databases have a limit of 1,000 parameter placeholders.
 Oracle does not support this form of multi-row insert, requiring a different
 syntax altogether.
 
-You should look at [`next.jdbc/execute-batch!`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc/CURRENT/api/next.jdbc#execute-batch!) for an alternative approach.
+### Batch Insertion
+
+As of release 1.2.next, you can specify `:batch true` in the options, which
+will use `execute-batch!` under the hood, instead of `execute!`, as follows:
+
+```clojure
+(sql/insert-multi! ds :address
+  [:name :email]
+  [["Stella" "stella@artois.beer"]
+   ["Waldo" "waldo@lagunitas.beer"]
+   ["Aunt Sally" "sour@lagunitas.beer"]]
+  {:batch true})
+;; equivalent to
+(jdbc/execute-batch! ds
+                     ["INSERT INTO address (name,email) VALUES (?,?)"
+                      ["Stella" "stella@artois.beer"]
+                      ["Waldo" "waldo@lagunitas.beer"]
+                      ["Aunt Sally" "sour@lagunitas.beer"]]
+                     {:return-keys true :return-generated-keys true})
+;; and
+(sql/insert-multi! ds :address
+  [:name :email]
+  [{:name "Stella", :email "stella@artois.beer"}
+   {:name "Waldo", :email "waldo@lagunitas.beer"}
+   {:name "Aunt Sally", :email "sour@lagunitas.beer"}]
+  {:batch true})
+;; equivalent to
+(jdbc/execute-batch! ds
+                     ["INSERT INTO address (name,email) VALUES (?,?)"
+                      ["Stella" "stella@artois.beer"]
+                      ["Waldo" "waldo@lagunitas.beer"]
+                      ["Aunt Sally" "sour@lagunitas.beer"]]
+                     {:return-keys true :return-generated-keys true})
+```
+
+See [**Batched Parameters**](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc/CURRENT/doc/getting-started/prepared-statements#caveats) for caveats and possible database-specific behaviors.
 
 ## `query`
 
diff --git a/src/next/jdbc/sql.clj b/src/next/jdbc/sql.clj
index c207fc6..bd40873 100644
--- a/src/next/jdbc/sql.clj
+++ b/src/next/jdbc/sql.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;; copyright (c) 2019-2021 Sean Corfield, all rights reserved
+;; copyright (c) 2019-2022 Sean Corfield, all rights reserved
 
 (ns next.jdbc.sql
   "Some utility functions that make common operations easier by
@@ -43,15 +43,17 @@
                    (merge {:return-keys true} opts)))))
 
 (defn insert-multi!
-  "Syntactic sugar over `execute!` to make inserting columns/rows easier.
+  "Syntactic sugar over `execute!` or `execute-batch!` to make inserting
+  columns/rows easier.
 
   Given a connectable object, a table name, a sequence of column names, and
   a vector of rows of data (vectors of column values), inserts the data as
   multiple rows in the database and attempts to return a vector of maps of
   generated keys.
 
-  Also supports a sequence of hash maps with keys corresponding to column
-  names.
+  Given a connectable object, a table name, a sequence of hash maps of data,
+  inserts the data as multiple rows in the database and attempts to return
+  a vector of maps of generated keys.
 
   If called with `:batch` true will call `execute-batch!` - see its documentation
   for situations in which the generated keys may or may not be returned as well as
@@ -68,12 +70,15 @@
   ([connectable table hash-maps]
    (insert-multi! connectable table hash-maps {}))
   ([connectable table hash-maps-or-cols opts-or-rows]
-   (if-not (-> hash-maps-or-cols first map?)
-     (insert-multi! connectable table hash-maps-or-cols opts-or-rows {})
+   (if (map? (first hash-maps-or-cols))
      (let [cols  (keys (first hash-maps-or-cols))
            ->row (fn ->row [m]
-                   (map (partial get m) cols))]
-       (insert-multi! connectable table cols (map ->row hash-maps-or-cols) opts-or-rows))))
+                   (map #(get m %) cols))]
+       (when-not (apply = (map (comp set keys) hash-maps-or-cols))
+         (throw (IllegalArgumentException.
+                 "insert-multi! hash maps must all have the same keys")))
+       (insert-multi! connectable table cols (map ->row hash-maps-or-cols) opts-or-rows))
+     (insert-multi! connectable table hash-maps-or-cols opts-or-rows {})))
   ([connectable table cols rows opts]
    (if (seq rows)
      (let [opts   (merge (:options connectable) opts)
diff --git a/src/next/jdbc/sql/builder.clj b/src/next/jdbc/sql/builder.clj
index c4cd813..b067dfa 100644
--- a/src/next/jdbc/sql/builder.clj
+++ b/src/next/jdbc/sql/builder.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;; copyright (c) 2019-2021 Sean Corfield, all rights reserved
+;; copyright (c) 2019-2022 Sean Corfield, all rights reserved
 
 (ns next.jdbc.sql.builder
   "Some utility functions for building SQL strings.
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@
     (into [(str "INSERT INTO " (table-fn (safe-name table))
                 " (" params ")"
                 " VALUES "
-                (str/join ", " (repeat (if batch? 1 (count rows)) (str "(" places ")")))
+                (if batch?
+                  (str "(" places ")")
+                  (str/join ", " (repeat (count rows) (str "(" places ")"))))
                 (when-let [suffix (:suffix opts)]
                   (str " " suffix)))]
           (if batch? identity cat)
diff --git a/test/next/jdbc/sql_test.clj b/test/next/jdbc/sql_test.clj
index c2859a5..2ede278 100644
--- a/test/next/jdbc/sql_test.clj
+++ b/test/next/jdbc/sql_test.clj
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@
   (is (thrown? clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo
                (sql/insert-multi! (ds) :fruit [] [[] [] []]))))
 
+(deftest no-mismatched-columns
+  (is (thrown? IllegalArgumentException
+               (sql/insert-multi! (ds) :fruit [{:name "Apple"} {:cost 1.23}]))))
+
 (deftest no-empty-order-by
   (is (thrown? clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo
                (sql/find-by-keys (ds) :fruit