Connection timeout in SMO
c#, primary-key, smo
Solution
Apparently ServerConnection also has a statement timeout. SMO is full of these hidden timeouts. Including SQLBulkCopy. However, thanks to @Derek for pointing this out. The answer is you have to set the StatementTimeout = 0. I am testing this now but it appears to be the answer.
How to set CommandTimeout
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sqlserver.management.common.serverconnection.statementtimeout.aspx
Problem
I'm inserting a high volume of rows into a database and trying to establish a primary key on it. If I create the table and establish a key right away, inserting data takes 10x as long even with SQLBulkCopy command. So this is not a viable option. What I'm trying to do now is insert the data, and after it is all inserted, create the primary key using SMO. The issue is that I keep getting timeout exceptions on the alter() command even with the timeout set to 0 in the connection string. Any ideas on how to get around this? ``` connectionString.ConnectTimeout = 0; ServerConnection scon = null; using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connectionString.ConnectionString)) { conn.Open(); try { scon = new ServerConnection(conn); Console.WriteLine("Server Connection Timeout: " + scon.ConnectTimeout); Server serv = new Server(scon); Database db = serv.Databases[connectionString.InitialCatalog]; Table table = db.Tables[tableName]; Index i = new Index(table, "pk_" + table.Name); i.IndexKeyType = IndexKeyType.DriPrimaryKey; foreach (String s in PrimaryKey) { i.IndexedColumns.Add(new IndexedColumn(i, s.Trim())); } table.Indexes.Add(i); table.Alter(); scon.Disconnect(); } finally { conn.Close(); } } ```