How to keep IE from timing out on long operation

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Matt Houser

It seems that IE8 is less forgiving for long operations than previous
versions. 10 seconds and it abandons the connection.

Is there a way I can have my aspx file inform IE about how long to wait, or
to give it some indication that data is coming during a long operation (like
a long SQL query).

Thanks,
....Matt
 
Matt Houser said:
It seems that IE8 is less forgiving for long operations than previous
versions. 10 seconds and it abandons the connection.
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This doesn't happen with IE8 for me. Usually, it's the server that informs
the client that something has timed out.
Is there a way I can have my aspx file inform IE about how long to wait,
or to give it some indication that data is coming during a long operation
(like a long SQL query).
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Have you tried extending the connection timeout on your SQL connection?

-Scott
 
Scott M. said:
This doesn't happen with IE8 for me. Usually, it's the server that
informs the client that something has timed out.
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IE8 always bombs after 10 seconds. I've had it consistently happen on all
websites (not just my dev sites) on 2 computers (one vista, one w7). 10
seconds seems to be the magic number.
Have you tried extending the connection timeout on your SQL connection?
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The SQL connection is not the issue. My code keeps working and the aspx
code completes. IE just isn't around anymore to receive the data.

....Matt
 
Matt Houser said:
"Scott M." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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IE8 always bombs after 10 seconds. I've had it consistently happen on all
websites (not just my dev sites) on 2 computers (one vista, one w7). 10
seconds seems to be the magic number.
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Ok, well, it must be a system issue then because I'm telling you that my IE8
doesn't have that 10 issue. When I encounter sites with errors or sites
that take longer to connect to, my IE8 will try for upwards of 30 seconds or
so before bombing out.

-Scott
 
Matt said:
IE8 always bombs after 10 seconds. I've had it consistently happen
on all websites (not just my dev sites) on 2 computers (one vista,
one w7). 10 seconds seems to be the magic number.
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The default timeout for IE8 is 60 minutes; how to change it:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181050

Or is there some other network device (e.g. a firewall) between your
computers and the Internet which could be timing out?

Andrew
 
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