Timeout LinqToSql inserting millions of records

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Published on 2010-05-03T11:13:18Z Indexed on 2010/05/03 11:18 UTC
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I'm inserting approximently 3 million records in a database using this solution. Eventually when the application has been inserting records for a while (my last run lasted around 4 hours), it gives a timeout with the following SqlException:

"SqlExcepetion: Timeout expired. The timeoutperiod elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding."

What's the best way to handle this exception? Is there a way to prevent this from happening or should I catch the exception?

Thanks in advance!

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