I see that message a lot too, always when the query draws a large result set or when the server is under heavy load.
My 'guess' = Perhaps changing the "timeout" settings in the connection designer will fix it.
>Is there any way to keep the
>"Executing Remote... Press ESC to cancel."
>message from appearing when you call SQLEXEC() to run a query against a remote source?
Thankyou - Chris Haynes