c# - How to Solve Max Connection Pool Error

Question

I have a application in asp.net 3.5 and Database is Sql server 2005.

"Timeout expired.  The timeout period elapsed prior to obtaining a connection from the pool.  This may have occurred because all pooled connections were in use and max pool size was reached."

Some time this error occured How to solve this error..

I try SqlConnection.ClearAllPools(); but this also not working.

SqlCommand cmdToExecute = new SqlCommand();
            cmdToExecute.CommandText = "dbo.[sp_user_listing]";
            cmdToExecute.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
            DataTable toReturn = new DataTable("courier_user_listing");
            SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(cmdToExecute);

            // Use base class' connection object
            cmdToExecute.Connection = sqMainConnection;

            try
            {
                cmdToExecute.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@suser_name", SqlDbType.VarChar, 250, ParameterDirection.Input, true, 0, 0, "", DataRowVersion.Proposed, _user_name));


                if (blnMainConnectionIsCreatedLocal)
                {
                    // Open connection.
                    sqMainConnection.Open();
                }
                else
                {
                    if (CPMainConnectionProvider.IsTransactionPending)
                    {
                        cmdToExecute.Transaction = CPMainConnectionProvider.CurrentTransaction;
                    }
                }

                // Execute query.
                adapter.Fill(toReturn);
                i32ErrorCode = (Int32)cmdToExecute.Parameters["@iErrorCode"].Value;

                if (i32ErrorCode != (int)LLBLError.AllOk)
                {
                    // Throw error.
                    throw new Exception("Stored Procedure 'sp_courier_user_SelectAll' reported the ErrorCode: " + i32ErrorCode);
                }

                return toReturn;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                // some error occured. Bubble it to caller and encapsulate Exception object
                throw new Exception("Courier_user::SelectAll::Error occured.", ex);
            }
            finally
            {
                if (blnMainConnectionIsCreatedLocal)
                {
                    // Close connection.
                    sqMainConnection.Close();
                }
                cmdToExecute.Dispose();
                adapter.Dispose();
            }

Answer 1

Check against any long running queries in your database.

Increasing your pool size will only make your webapp live a little longer (and probably get a lot slower)

You can use sql server profiler and filter on duration / reads to see which querys need optimization.

I also see you're probably keeping a global connection?

blnMainConnectionIsCreatedLocal

Let .net do the pooling for you and open / close your connection with a using statement.

Suggestions:

1. Always open and close a connection like this, so .net can manage your connections and you won't run out of connections:

       using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
       {
        conn.Open();
        // do some stuff
       } //conn disposed
   

2. As I mentioned, check your query with sql server profiler and see if you can optimize it. Having a slow query with many requests in a web app can give these timeouts too.