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BlockingTimeout Property

This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.

The BlockingTimeout property specifies a timeout interval for resource requests that are blocked due to conflicting resource lock requests.

Syntax

object.BlockingTimeout [=value]

Parts

  • object
    An expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list

  • value
    A long integer that specifies a number of milliseconds

Data Type

Long

Modifiable

Read/write

Prototype (C/C++)

HRESULT GetBlockingTimeout(LPLONG pRetVal);
HRESULT SetBlockingTimeout(long NewValue);

Remarks

For SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO) applications, the default value for BlockingTimeoutis 10,000 milliseconds (10 seconds).

The BlockingTimeout property determines the number of milliseconds waited when the SQL-DMO application needs sole access to a client resource. For the SQLServer object, the LoginTimeout and QueryTimeout properties control time-out behavior when an application request for a Microsoft SQL Server resource is made.

An attempt to set the BlockingTimeout property to a negative value returns the setting to the default 10 seconds (10,000).