Venki

"Timeout messages can be misleading, but maybe you could rule out a query timeout by increasing your query's ODBC timeout property from the default 60 seconds to a larger value"

Have set the default value from 30 ms to something more?

Access 2000 Menu Tools Options Advanced is the place to change.

What code are you running?

Do you have any connection or command timeout property set?

/Gosta