connection timeout property in connection string ignored

Question

Hi there,

I'm building an app in C#. I'm using a connection string like:

DSN=SomeDataSource; Trusted Connection = yes; Uid=SomeId; pwd=somePwd; Connection Timeout=x

But no matter what value I set as x (Connection Timeout = x), by putting a breakpoint, I can see that my DbConnection object's ConnectionTimeout property always has the default value 15.

Am I missing something here?

Thanks.

Answer 1

The Connection Timeout in the ConnectionString only controls the timeout for the connection. If you need to increase the wait time on your Commands, use the CommandTimeout property of SqlCommand.