ScriptTimeout and executionTimeout do not work

[Arsen V.]

I am trying to make the page execute timeout after 2 seconds.

I first tried using the Server.ScriptTi meout = 2 in the Page_Load() event.
The next line does System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 10000); // 10 second pause

I was expecting the page to timeout with a Request timeout error. However,
it did not timeout and continue to execute for the full 10 seconds.

Next, I tried to use the <httpRuntime> configuration to set the
executionTimeou t attribute to 2 like this:

<httpRuntime executionTimeou t="2"/>

In the Web.config file. However this did not help either.

How can I force my ASPX page to timeout after 2 seconds?

Thanks,
Arsen V.

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

RE: ScriptTimeout and executionTimeou t do not work

Hi Arsen,

Welcome to ASP.NET newsgroup.
As for the executionTimeou t setting for ASP.NET's <httpRuntime>
configuration not work problem. First I should admit that the
documentation on this attribute is really not very clear. The problem is
caused by the following reasons:

1. This setting will take effect only when we set the "debug" to false in
web.config , like:

<compilation
defaultLanguage ="c#"
debug="false"
/>

when set to "debug=true " mode, the runtime will ignore the timeout setting.


2. Even we set the debug="false", the executionTimeou t will still has some
delay when the value is very small. In fact, it is recommeded that we don't
set the timeout less than 1.5 minutes. And when we set the timeout to less
than 1 minute, the delay will span from 5 secs up to 15 secs. For example,
if we set executionTimeou t="5", it may take a bout 15 seconds for the page
to timeout.

Hope helps.

Thanks & Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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[Arsen V.]

Re: ScriptTimeout and executionTimeou t do not work

Hi Steven,

Thanks for the follow up. I will try to test by setting "debug" to "false".

Do you know why Server.ScriptTi meout does not work? Or is it also affected
by the "debug" value in the Web.config file.

Finally, if I want to have the script ALWAYS terminate after 2 seconds, what
can I do? Based on what you say, executionTimeou t (and
Server.ScriptTi meout?) will not help... Is there a work around?

Thanks,
Arsen V.

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> Welcome to ASP.NET newsgroup.
> As for the executionTimeou t setting for ASP.NET's <httpRuntime>
> configuration not work problem. First I should admit that the
> documentation on this attribute is really not very clear. The problem is
> caused by the following reasons:
>
> 1. This setting will take effect only when we set the "debug" to false in
> web.config , like:
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> <compilation
> defaultLanguage ="c#"
> debug="false"
> />
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> 2. Even we set the debug="false", the executionTimeou t will still has some
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> set the timeout less than 1.5 minutes. And when we set the timeout to[/color]
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> than 1 minute, the delay will span from 5 secs up to 15 secs. For example,
> if we set executionTimeou t="5", it may take a bout 15 seconds for the page
> to timeout.
>
> Hope helps.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Steven Cheng
> Microsoft Online Support
>
> Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
> (This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.)
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[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Re: ScriptTimeout and executionTimeou t do not work

Thanks for your reply Arsen,

The reason I didn't suggest use Server.ScriptTi meout property is because
this is a COM interface which is used in classic ASP. The executionTimeou t
of ASP.NET is the replacement of ScriptTimeout in asp.net , so we no longer
need to use ScriptTimeout in asp.net.

In addition, as for
=============== ===
have the script ALWAYS terminate after 2 seconds
=============== ===

I'm afraid there is no means in asp.net's runtime setting since the
asp.net's runtime request processing management can't reach this level of
accuracy, 2 seconds is a too small value which may make the performance
very pool to monitor such a small internval. If we do need to let a
certain processing timeout, we can consider put the timeout logic in the
above application code level. For example, if we're executing SqlCommand ,
we can set the sqlcommand 's execution timeout. Or if we are executing a
async call in page code, we can set a timeout for the async call.....

Thanks,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
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