LinkedServer.ConnectTimeout Property

Gets or sets the number of seconds to wait for a connection to be established with the linked server before timing out.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property ConnectTimeout As Integer
public int ConnectTimeout { get; set; }
public:
property int ConnectTimeout {
    int get ();
    void set (int value);
}
/** @property */
public int get_ConnectTimeout ()

/** @property */
public void set_ConnectTimeout (int value)
public function get ConnectTimeout () : int

public function set ConnectTimeout (value : int)

Property Value

An Int32 value that specifies the time (in seconds) the local server attempts to connect to the remote server before timing out.

Remarks

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Example

How to: Link to an OLE-DB Provider Server in Visual Basic .NET

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

LinkedServer Class
LinkedServer Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Linked Servers in SMO
Linking Servers
sp_addlinkedserver (Transact-SQL)