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Connecting to MS SQL Server via a Delphi application using your dBExpress components we sometimes get the following error:

Database Server Error: Timeout Expired

This has never occured on a local copy of SQL, very infrequently over the LAN and more commonly via VPN - hence I assume it's network bandwidth that the problem. The message is not 'terminal' as OK'ing the dialog allows the app to continue (the connection seems to be re-established), however is there anyway to 'avoid' this message occuring where there is a valid delay due to network bandwidth, for example by increasing the timeout?

Regards
Anton

Use 'Connection Timeout' parameter (eConnTimeOut) to specify the time interval, in seconds,
that must expire before an attempt to make a connection is considered unsuccessful.