I am using Visual Basic 6 as the front end
I am using SQL server 2008 express as the back end
I am trying to connect to a table in SQL server in MODEL database which has about 140 million records. Table name is dbo.tickdata_master
I am using ADO
Whenever I am trying to fetch records from that table, I get a
"Timeout expired" -2147217871 error
How do I resolve this and see that I do not get this error
When I am trying to connect to other tables using the same connection, which have just 100 rows, I am not getting this error and I am able to fetch all the data with no problem
The code is attached
I tried using Connectiontimeout = 0, but it did not work for the large table
Please suggest me a remedy, so that I can fetch rows even from table of about 140 million row
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by: angelIIIPosted on 2009-08-09 at 10:45:34ID: 25055087
in "model" database?
that database should NOT be used for your applications, it's used as template when creating new databases!
>str = "select count(*) from dbo.tickdata_master"
does the table have a primary key?
if yes:
str = "select count(primary_key_field_na
do you need a exact count? if not, you could query the sys.indexes system view, it contains a rowcnt field, but it's not necessarily 100% up-to-date. but with 140 Millions rows, possibly not the real problem, if instead you can get the record count "instantly"