Syntax

object.BlockingTimeout [= value]

Parts

object

Expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list

value

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-DMO applications, the default value for BlockingTimeout is 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).