MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlException: Timeout expired

Question

In recent times, a particular page in my web app throws the

Exception Details: MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlException: Timeout expired. The timeo

Answer 1

You could set command timeout to 0, its not a good idea though. Some requests could go on indefinitely.

There is an underlying problem that is causing the queries to time out in the first place. Are you inserting, updating, or in any way working with large binary values that would lock the table? That is the most common reason I see for an error like this on such a small amount of data.