Question

I want to increase the time to retrieve data from my tableadapter. How do i set it? I tried using this:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/TableAdaptrCommandTimeout.aspx

However, the _commandCollection.Length is set to null therefore i am unable to set the CommandTimeout

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You have to call the GetData() Method on your tableAdapter before you can set the timeout, othewise the SelectCommand will not have been initialized.

protected void setAdapterTimeout(SqlDataAdapter da, int timeOut = 120)
    {

        if (da.SelectCommand != null)
            da.SelectCommand.CommandTimeout = timeOut;

    }

Then call it like this:

 //Replacing AccessoryTableAdapter with your table Adapter
 AccessoryTableAdapter ata = new AccessoryTableAdapter();
 setAdapterTimeout(ata.Adapter);

EDIT: Extension Methods are cool!

public static class Extensions
{
    public static void setAdapterTimeout(this SqlDataAdapter da, int timeOut = 120)
    {
        if (da.SelectCommand != null)
            da.SelectCommand.CommandTimeout = timeOut;
        if (da.InsertCommand != null)
            da.InsertCommand.CommandTimeout = timeOut;

    }
}

then call it:

 AccessoryTableAdapter ata = new AccessoryTableAdapter();
 ata.Adapter.setAdapterTimeout(120);