if(expectedVersion == ExpectedVersion.NoStream)
            {
                using(var tx = _connection.BeginTransaction(IsolationLevel.Serializable))
                {
                    int streamIdInternal = -1;
                    using(
                        var command =
                            new NpgsqlCommand(
                                "INSERT INTO streams(id, id_original) VALUES (:stream_id, :stream_id_original) RETURNING id_internal;")
                        )
                    {
                        command.Parameters.AddWithValue(":stream_id", streamIdInfo.StreamId);
                        command.Parameters.AddWithValue("streamIdOriginal", streamIdInfo.StreamIdOriginal);

                        streamIdInternal = await command.ExecuteNonQueryAsync(cancellationToken).NotOnCapturedContext();
                    }

                    using (var writer = _connection.BeginBinaryImport("COPY events (stream_id_internal, stream_version, id, created, type, json_data, json_metadata) FROM STDIN BINARY"))
                    {
                        int version = 0;

                        foreach (var @event in events)
                        {
                            if(cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
                            {
                                writer.Cancel();
                            }

                            writer.StartRow();
                            writer.Write(streamIdInternal, NpgsqlDbType.Integer);
                            writer.Write(++version, NpgsqlDbType.Integer);
                            writer.Write(@event.EventId, NpgsqlDbType.Uuid);
                            writer.Write(SystemClock.GetUtcNow(), NpgsqlDbType.TimestampTZ);
                            writer.Write(@event.Type);
                            writer.Write(@event.JsonData, NpgsqlDbType.Json);
                            writer.Write(@event.JsonMetadata, NpgsqlDbType.Json);
                        }
                    }

                    tx.Commit();
                }
            }