how will increase commandTimeout value from code

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I have one function in my project code like:

C#

public static object ExecuteScalar(SqlConnection connection, CommandType cmdType, string cmdText, params SqlParameter[] commandParameters)
       {

           SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();

           PrepareCommand(cmd, connection, null, cmdType, cmdText, commandParameters);
           object val = cmd.ExecuteScalar();
           cmd.Parameters.Clear();
           return val;
       }

I got an error saying Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.
on the line

C#

object val = cmd.ExecuteScalar();

This project has a large database and I know that I can't handle time period i not reach GUI .

one another function use for CommandTimeout property like

C#

private static void PrepareCommand(SqlCommand cmd, SqlConnection conn, SqlTransaction trans, CommandType cmdType, string cmdText, SqlParameter[] cmdParms)
       {

           if (conn.State != ConnectionState.Open)
               conn.Open();

           cmd.Connection = conn;
           cmd.CommandText = cmdText;
           cmd.CommandTimeout = conn.ConnectionTimeout;

           if (trans != null)
               cmd.Transaction = trans;

           cmd.CommandType = cmdType;

           if (cmdParms != null)
           {
               foreach (SqlParameter parm in cmdParms)
               {
                   if(parm.SqlValue == null) {parm.SqlValue = DBNull.Value; }
                   cmd.Parameters.Add(parm);
               }
           }
       }

Can u tell how to solve this problem or how I could increase the commandtimeout property?

Posted 13-May-11 1:06am

rajjosh

Updated 13-May-11 1:10am

Nithin Sundar

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy 13-May-11 7:32am

Why the repost? I already gave you the solution.

Manfred Rudolf Bihy 13-May-11 7:39am

Please explain what you mean by saying this: "This project has a large database and I know that I can't handle time period i not reach GUI"

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Dylan Morley · Answer 1 · 2011-05-13T01:35:00

Unless I'm missing something, just set the SqlCommand.CommandTimeout[^] property to the value you want it to wait for before it will report Timeout

// Wait for 1 minute for the query to execute before timing out
cmd.CommandTimeout = 60;

// Wait for 2 minutes for the query to execute before timing out
cmd.CommandTimeout = 120;

// Wait indefinitely for the query to execute
cmd.CommandTimeout = 0;

You shouldn't be doing this...

cmd.CommandTimeout = conn.ConnectionTimeout;

CommandTimeout is different to ConnectionTimeout. ConnectionTimeout is the amount of time to allow when establishing a connection to your datasource before aborting, while CommandTimeout refers to the execution of a particular command against the datasouce

http://devpinoy.org/blogs/joeycalisay/archive/2006/08/15/CommandTimeout-vs-ConnectionTimeout.aspx[^]

Manfred Rudolf Bihy · Answer 2 · 2011-05-13T01:38:00

Corrected your code:

C#

private static void PrepareCommand(SqlCommand cmd, SqlConnection conn, SqlTransaction trans, CommandType cmdType, string cmdText, SqlParameter[] cmdParms, int commandTimeout)
       {

           if (conn.State != ConnectionState.Open)
               conn.Open();

           cmd.Connection = conn;
           cmd.CommandText = cmdText;
           // Set the timeout for your SqlCommand which was given as a parameter to the procedure
           cmd.CommandTimeout = commandTimeout; // a value of 120 seconds should be good for starters

           if (trans != null)
               cmd.Transaction = trans;

           cmd.CommandType = cmdType;

           if (cmdParms != null)
           {
               foreach (SqlParameter parm in cmdParms)
               {
                   if(parm.SqlValue == null) {parm.SqlValue = DBNull.Value; }
                   cmd.Parameters.Add(parm);
               }
           }
       }

You had set the same value as the connection timeout which is usually 15 seconds and may be enough to make a connection to the database but not for a longer SQL statement call.

Hope this clears your issue. I would make the value for the SqlCommand.CommandTimeout configurable via applications settings.

Best Regards,

-MRB

Member Steven · Answer 3 · 2015-11-02T05:10:00

Solution 3

Try below

private static void PrepareCommand(SqlCommand cmd, SqlConnection conn, SqlTransaction trans, CommandType cmdType, string cmdText, SqlParameter[] cmdParms)

ref SqlC command cmd is the key. Original SqlCommand cmd will do nothing for input cmd since that is a local copy only.

Posted 2-Nov-15 5:10am

Member Steven

Updated 2-Nov-15 5:18am

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Richard Deeming 2-Nov-15 11:28am

This adds nothing to the other answers posted OVER FOUR YEARS AGO!

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