Just some notes from recent discussions internal and external of how timeouts work with SqlClient.  First a classification of where timeouts can occur with SqlClient: When attempting to get a connection from the SqlClient connection pool When attempting...

Even though I've been working on the SQL Server protocol layer for the past 3 years I still have those days where I scratch my head because I cannot connect to my SQL Server.   I have to agree it can be frustrating sometimes.  Usually,...