Controller Times Out?

[eluser]joe.afusco[/eluser]
I am attempting to read a csv, and insert to mysql, and I am sure I'm not doing this the best way possible.

I've got a controller that reads the csv, and loops through inserting each of the rows (about 100k on the csv). It is functional. However, it seems to time-out after about 5 minutes, only completing about 6000 of the rows. Is there a way to have the controller run in the background, or at least disable the time-out, so the entire file can be processed?

Thanks in advance.