>Hi,
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>In addition to the time out you set for your SQL Server connection in your VFP application, does SQL Server itself set a time limit on the connection? And how do you determine if your connection has timed out? For example, say at the top of the application or a module you connect to SQL Server and get a connection handle. Then you pass this connection handle to SQLEXE() function. Which fails if your connection is timed out. So I guess the failure of SQLEXE will tell your application that connection has timed out. Is there another method to determine it?
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>TIA.

Dmitry,

It is a good idea to make your own sqlconnection class

In its init it accepts the connection string and stores it.

You then call methods of that class - the same that exist now, but without the connection handle

The class keeps its own connection handle, and if there's a connection failure on an sqlexec() or so, you can reconnect and repeat the sqlexec

The class itself defines its behaviour, when to connect, when to disconnect, etc

I think this may make life easier for you - well the sql part, this is