Here is a snippet of code that hopefully demonstrates the issue as I see it:

nConnHandle = SQLSTRINGCONNECT([DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER=(local);DATABASE=MyDatabase;Trusted_Connection=Yes])
IF nConnHandle < 1
	=messagebox("Problem")
       return
ENDIF
SQLSETPROP( nConnHandle, "IdleTimeout", 1 )

WAIT "wait 2 min " TIMEOUT 140 

cSqlSelect = "select * from product"

lnResult = SQLEXEC(nConnHandle, cSqlSelect, "TEMP_CURS")
IF lnResult < 0
        =messagebox("Problem")
        return 
ELSE
	SELECT TEMP_CURS
	BROWSE 	
ENDIF

I thought that after time out of 2 minutes and with the Idle Timeout set to 1 min, I should get an error when trying to call SQLEXE() again. Let me know, please, if you see what I am missing.

>Can you post relevan code?
>
>>Still something does not work. I set the IdleTimeout to 1, wait more than 2 minutes, then call the SQLEXE() with the same handle and data is returned with no error.
>>
>>>Why do you think that it's expressed in seconds?
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thank you, Gregory. But what I don't understand is when I set the IdleTimeout to 10 and then wait a minute (greater than 10 seconds) and then call SQLEXE() with the connection handle I get no error and the data is returned. The way I understand IdleTimeout (from you message and the VFP Help) is the handle obtained initially should be invalid and I should get an error. What am I missing?