FIX: Data Tools Timeout Values in Visual InterDev Have No Effect (224949)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Database Tools
This article was previously published under Q224949

SYMPTOMS

In Visual InterDev 6.0, setting the timeout values for queries run in Visual Data Tools has no effect. As a result, queries run against large data sets can timeout.

CAUSE

Visual InterDev does not pass the timeout settings in Data Tools under Options on the Tools menu to the Visual Data Tools query pane.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

These timeouts are unrelated to ADO timeout queries for an Active Server Page.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

In Visual InterDev 6.0:
  1. On the Tools menu, click Options, then select Data Tools.
  2. Choose Data View.
  3. Change SQL query timeout to 1 second.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Connect to a large database table.
  6. Select the Data View pane, then double-click a table and execute a query that would take longer than 1 second.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/19/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbfix kbVS600SP1fix kbVS600sp2fix kbVS600sp3fix KB224949
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