How do I increase the timeout period for my stored procedure call (see error)?

Question

 Timeout expired.  The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during t         


        

Answer 1

+1 to Al because 30 seconds should be plenty. Making the timeout period longer is really only a bandage to the underlying problem.

In my experience the stored proc is too expensive 90% of the time. When I was reviewing these errors last, I had a general rule of thumb that no stored proc cost more than 1.00. The more expensive they are, the greater the risk we had of blocking and generating these exceptions.