Is it possible to set a timeout for a SQL query on Microsoft SQL Server?
As far as I know, apart from setting the command or connection timeouts in the client, there is no way to change timeouts on a query by query basis in the server.
You can indeed change the default 600 seconds using sp_configure, but these are server scoped.
How to set Timeout for a specific sql query?
It is the client API rather than SQL Server that enforces query timeouts (RPC or batch). Consequently, you can't set a client command timeout at a more granular level when a stored procedure contains multiple statements. You'll need to split the proc such that the desired query is executed separately by the client, and specify a different timeout for that command.
The specifics of how to set the timeout vary depending on the client API. In the case of .NET, it is the SqlCommand.CommandTimeout property.
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