Question : Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e31'  Timeout expired (Unrelated to Connection or ASP script Timeout Properties)

Currently facing a very strange problem. What ever i do to the database or the record, the sql server always timeout at a particular point. if i change the content of the particular record, the problem still arise. Not sure what is the problem. May it be related to database? is the data corrupted? currently my suspicions is this. Need desperate help. But for your info my script does a batch update on all the records, so it opens quite a lot of connection. Didnt want to convert the whole thing to stored procedure because of the logic complexity. Have turned part of logic into stored procedure, but results still timeout at the same place. Need help. URGENT

Answer : Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e31'  Timeout expired (Unrelated to Connection or ASP script Timeout Properties)

Agree with ShogunWade--when you receive the error, run SP_WHO in query analyzer and see if there is any blocking.  Sounds like one or your previous transactions is blocking....