> -----Original Message-----
> A "remote query" - as far as I know - is a query ran against
> a "linked server", albeit any ADO or ODBC source as well as

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> send to SQL Server.

With all that in mind; I'll change my suggestion from:

> > > > Do what SQL Server does, raise a 'Timed Out.' exception

To:

Just raise a 'Timed Out.' exception

:-)

Rgds

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