How to catch SQLServer timeout exceptions

Question

I need to specifically catch SQL server timeout exceptions so that they can be handled differently. I know I could catch the SqlException and then check if the message stri

Answer 1

Updated for c# 6:

    try
    {
        // some code
    }
    catch (SqlException ex) when (ex.Number == -2)  // -2 is a sql timeout
    {
        // handle timeout
    }

Very simple and nice to look at!!