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

Have you tried wrapping the inserts within a transaction and/or delaying db.SubmitChanges so that you can batch several inserts?

Transactions help throughput by reducing the needs for fsync()'s, and delaying db.SubmitChanges will reduce the number of .NET<->db roundtrips.

Edit: see http://www.sidarok.com/web/blog/content/2008/05/02/10-tips-to-improve-your-linq-to-sql-application-performance.html for some more optimization principles.