The data module might be useful. Not sure if it's better/worse in your situation.
http://drupal.org/project/data

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On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Anth <malkouna@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
Hi,

I'm building a module that has a lot of supporting data (it's a custom shipping module that maps postcodes/zips to regions etc.) and know that I can create the table using hook_schema() and could use hook_install() to add rows of data to the schema, but I'm talking tens of thousands of rows, so wondering if there is a better method for doing this?

Anthony.