Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. The statement has been terminated

Question

I have many users on my web site (20000-60000 per day), which is a download site for mobile files. I have remote access to my server (windows server 2008-R2).
I\'ve

Answer 1

Default timeout is 15 seconds, to change that, 0 is unlimited, any other number is the number of seconds.

In Code

using (SqlCommand sqlCmd = new SqlCommand(sqlQueryString, sqlConnection))
   {
      sqlCmd.CommandTimeout = 0; // 0 = give it as much time as it needs to complete
      ...
    }

In Your Web.Config, "Command Timeout=0;" do not time out, or as below 1 hour (3600 seconds)