Speed up LINQ inserts

Question

I have a CSV file and I have to insert it into a SQL Server database. Is there a way to speed up the LINQ inserts?

I\'ve created a simple Repository method to save a rec

Answer 1

SubmitChanges does not batch changes, it does a single insert statement per object. If you want to do fast inserts, I think you need to stop using LINQ.

While SubmitChanges is executing, fire up SQL Profiler and watch the SQL being executed.

See question "Can LINQ to SQL perform batch updates and deletes? Or does it always do one row update at a time?" here: http://www.hookedonlinq.com/LINQToSQLFAQ.ashx

It links to this article: http://www.aneyfamily.com/terryandann/post/2008/04/Batch-Updates-and-Deletes-with-LINQ-to-SQL.aspx that uses extension methods to fix linq's inability to batch inserts and updates etc.