Hi,

Sorry I haven't had time to test it, but the following maybe along the lines of what you need.

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declare @startdate datetime

set @startdate = getdate()

.

.

.

if @startdate = datediff(mi, @startdate, getdate()) + n /*where n is the number of minutes you wish to timeout after*/

return

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Hope this helps.

Ritch

*I didn't do anything it just got complicated*