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Extend the Query Timeout

By default, the query timeout for content searches defaults to 30 seconds. In some situations, you may need to extend this timeout.

For example, content searches take longer to return results if you disable estimated results totals. Also, if you use the idolMgr utility to list content databases by age, the query may timeout if you have a large number of databases in your IDOL content database.

In these situations, we recommend that you extend the query timeout.

To extend the query timeout

You must edit the registry on the server hosting the IDOL connector framework and content database.

  1. Go to the following registry key:
    On 64-bit systems
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ComputerAssociates\CA DataMinder\CurrentVersion
    \Content Services\IDOL Provider
    On 32-bit systems
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ComputerAssociates\CA DataMinder\CurrentVersion
    \Content Services\IDOL Provider
  2. Increase the QueryTimeoutSecs registry value.

    Because content databases vary in size, we cannot give specific recommendations for the new timeout value. Investigate different timeouts until you discover the optimal timeout for your content database.