bcp timeout

We use bcp a lot in production and redistributable software.
We'd like to get bcp to terminate early if it runs for over a certain amount
of time due to locking/deadlock/...
Thus, I'm trying something like and it's not working - ideas?
bcp "SET LOCK_TIMEOUT 2; SELECT * FROM Northwind.dbo.Suppliers2" queryout
"s24.txt" -c -U abc -P ewe
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Thanks.
TomWhy don't you try the otherway?
Use TABLOCK hint in the BCP statement (Check BOL). BOL says "Using TABLOCK
can improve performance of the bulk copy operation due to reduced lock
contention on the table".
Since this may ensure faster bcp, there will be less locking due to users
transaction.
Thanks
GYK|||We do use TABLOCK in our production code, and we do see perf. gains and a
reduction in locking contention. However, on our larger tables(10 GB) we see
MS SQL fall over into a state of blocking and deadlock.
We have partitioned our larger tables several times over and can't really do
that anymore to meet business requirements.
"GYK" wrote:
> Why don't you try the otherway?
> Use TABLOCK hint in the BCP statement (Check BOL). BOL says "Using TABLOCK
> can improve performance of the bulk copy operation due to reduced lock
> contention on the table".
> Since this may ensure faster bcp, there will be less locking due to users
> transaction.
> Thanks
> GYK