Can I do a very large insert with Linq-to-SQL?

Question

I\'ve got some text data that I\'m loading into a SQL Server 2005 database using Linq-to-SQL using this method (psuedo-code):

Create a DataContext

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Answer 1

It looks like this would work however the changes (and thus memory) that are kept by the DataContext are going to grow with each InsertOnSubmit. Maybe it's adviseable to perform a SubmitChanges every 100 records?

I would also take a look at SqlBulkCopy to see if it doesn't fit your usecase better.