Question

I wanted to know if we can timeout a sql query.

In the sense, that suppose I have a sql query whose output is useful only if gives the output in 10 minutes ,after which even if it outputs the results its of no use to me.

What I want to do is that if the query takes more than 10 minutes to do the processing then it should just kind of kill itself.

Is there a possible way to do so??

An example will be pretty helpful.

Let me know if my thoughts are not comprehendible..

Answer 1

Here’s what it would look like for the SqlCommand.CommandTimeout

   SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();
   cmd.CommandText = "SELECT blah FROM Categories ORDER BY CategoryID";
   cmd.CommandTimeout = 600;  // 10 minutes = 600 seconds
   // Caveat: it you need a timeout value of more than 30 - 60 seconds
   //         perhaps time to look at why it takes so long...