SQL DB error: timeout problem
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Hello experts! I am puzzled with this problem in using c# to communicate with an SQL database. Whenever I run the application for the first time, I always receive an exception error saying that the timeout period has expired in trying to connect to the database. When I run the application for the second time (and all succeeding times), the application connects instantly with no problem. Why is my application unable to connect to the database when its in the first time? It would be too lengthy to post my code here so I am just expecting a general answer. I might be missing something simple here. Thanks a lot.
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Hello experts! I am puzzled with this problem in using c# to communicate with an SQL database. Whenever I run the application for the first time, I always receive an exception error saying that the timeout period has expired in trying to connect to the database. When I run the application for the second time (and all succeeding times), the application connects instantly with no problem. Why is my application unable to connect to the database when its in the first time? It would be too lengthy to post my code here so I am just expecting a general answer. I might be missing something simple here. Thanks a lot.
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Hello experts! I am puzzled with this problem in using c# to communicate with an SQL database. Whenever I run the application for the first time, I always receive an exception error saying that the timeout period has expired in trying to connect to the database. When I run the application for the second time (and all succeeding times), the application connects instantly with no problem. Why is my application unable to connect to the database when its in the first time? It would be too lengthy to post my code here so I am just expecting a general answer. I might be missing something simple here. Thanks a lot.
It takes two lines of code to open a connection to an SQL Connection Database. If you are using more you may have self identified the problem. On a more serious note, if you are using a file based SQL Server Express database or the database instance is on your local machine and has not started yet it could be that the timeout is set too low to allow the db time to start-up. Trying setting your timeout to at least 30 seconds.
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