• SQL has no concept of timeouts (other that lock timeouts). A timeout is a client application setting that controls how long the client app is willing to wait the server to finish before cancelling the query. If you need to set a timeout, you have to do that in the front end application.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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