Forcing a query timeout in SQL Server

January 28, 2023 by Tarik

run this and then try your insert…

select * from yourTable with (holdlock,tablockx)

here, you can lock it for 5 minutes:

BEGIN TRANSACTION

SELECT * FROM yourTable WITH (TABLOCKX, HOLDLOCK)

WHERE 0 = 1

WAITFOR DELAY '00:05'

ROLLBACK TRANSACTION