Changing SqlConnection timeout

Question

I am trying to override the default SqlConnection timeout of 15 seconds and am getting an error saying that the

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Answer 1

A cleaner way is to set connectionString in xml file, for example Web.Confing(WepApplication) or App.Config(StandAloneApplication).

 <connectionStrings>
    <remove name="myConn"/>
    <add name="myConn" connectionString="User ID=sa;Password=XXXXX;Initial Catalog=qualitaBorri;Data Source=PC_NAME\SQLEXPRESS;Connection Timeout=60"/>
  </connectionStrings>

By code you can get connection in this way:

public static SqlConnection getConnection()
{
        string conn = string.Empty;
        conn = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["myConn"].ConnectionString;
        SqlConnection aConnection = new SqlConnection(conn);
        return aConnection;
}

You can set ConnectionTimeout only you create a instance. When instance is create you don't change this value.

Answer 2

If you want to provide a timeout for a particular query, then CommandTimeout is the way forward.

Its usage is:

command.CommandTimeout = 60; //The time in seconds to wait for the command to execute. The default is 30 seconds.

Answer 3

You can set the connection timeout to the connection level and command level.

Add "Connection Timeout=10" to the connection string. Now connection timeout is 10 seconds.

var connectionString = "Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Connection Timeout=10";
using (var con = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{

}

Set the of CommandTimeout property to SqlCommand

var connectionString = "Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword";
using (var con = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{

    using (var cmd =new SqlCommand())
    {
        cmd.CommandTimeout = 10;
    }

}

Answer 4

I found an excellent blogpost on this subject: https://improve.dk/controlling-sqlconnection-timeouts/

Basically, you either set Connect Timeout in the connection string, or you set ConnectionTimeout on the command object.

Be aware that the timeout time is in seconds.