How to extend the timeout of a SQL query

Question

This is not a connection timeout as a connection to the database is made fine. The problem is that the stored procedure that I\'m calling takes longer than, say, 30 seconds and

Answer 1

I think this might be a better way to do this (as of Enterprise Library 6.0):

SqlDatabase db = new SqlDatabase(connectionManager.SqlConnection.ConnectionString);
System.Data.Common.DbCommand cmd = db.GetStoredProcCommand(storedProc, parameterValues);
cmd.CommandTimeout = 600;
return db.ExecuteScalar(cmd);