Cancel MS SQL Query

AFAIK, you can't put that logic in the query itself.

You CAN put it into the application that's call the SQL Server w/ the query.  That would be the CommandTimeout property (in seconds) in either ADO or ADO.Net.

There's also a setting at the server level ... but for most application's that's WAY too broad.

How about adding the logic to the MS Sql server job?The query is executed by the job.  

I am not using the query in ado/ado.net.  Thanks.

Why are you concerned about the timeout?

I can't find a timeout option in the job setup ...

How about calling the job using a bat file?  The bat file could have the time out option.  How would I do that?  

Why are you concerned about the timeout?

jjrr, the question chapmandew is asking is very valid.  If we know WHY, we may be able to suggest a better solution.

If you do want to do it from the command line, check out the sqlcmd utility ... and the -t option: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162773.aspx

I agree.  Chapmandew's question is a good one.  I ask because at times a query that I have written can take more than a few minutes to run.  The query can take longer for a wide variety of circumstances.  For example, the server may have too much traffic or there could be some tables that are updating etc.  

When the query takes more than a few minutes to run, I have noticed that the query (that has been optimized) can negatively impact the server.  Since I am running the query every 25 minutes, I want to the query to stop running when it is taking more than 3 minutes to run.  What do you suggest?  Thanks!

I can't think of an option better than using SqlCmd to execute it from the command-line and using the -t option.

In that case, you might be better off querying system tables to see if you have any active queries that have been open for a certain amt of time...and cancel it.  Not a good idea, but an option.

Thanks.  Maybe I am mistaken, but I don't think this will cancel the query.  From what I know this will only stop the process if it is not executed. In other words, the T option is used to monitor the time until it is executed. Is that right?

are you referring to my post or Daniel's?

chapmandew, Thanks for your time.  In my last post, I was eferring to Daniel's post regarding the t option.  I apologize for not looking more closely at your post.  

 How would I write a query that you mentioned in your post "22933218"? There is only one stored procedure that is doing this so I could just look for that.  

Thanks.  This looks good Chapnew.  How do I tell the server to cancel the query?

I appreciate everyone's time.  I really just need to know how to cancel the query.  I haven't received an answer about cancelling a query..