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ASP Coding for Performance - Script Timout
When an ASP script is run, it is given a fixed amount of time to complete processing before it will time out. The length of time before this happens can be set in two ways, either via the MMC, or by using Script.Timout in the code. By default this is set to 90 (seconds), but can be altered as necessary on the fly in code. As a basic rule of thumb, leave it set to the default in most cases, but on occasions it may be required to increase it slightly (say to 180 seconds) for a large script to complete processing. If this is the case, the script timeout should be set at the beginning of the script concerned, and then reset to the default at the end. Of course, one should probably be writing a component for tasks such as these...
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