ph-timeout-server-configuration-option.md

title	PH timeout Server Configuration Option | Microsoft Docs
description	Learn about the "PH timeout" option. See how it limits the time that the full-text protocol handler allots for connecting to a SQL Server database.
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PH timeout Server Configuration Option

[!INCLUDE SQL Server]

Use the PH timeout option to specify the time, in seconds, that the full-text protocol handler should wait to connect to a database before timing out. The default value is 60 seconds. Increase the ph timeout value when connection attempts are timing out due to temporary network issues.

The full-text protocol handler is hosted in the filter daemon host and is used to fetch from SQL Server the data to be full-text indexed. For more information about full-text search components, see Full-Text Search.

When attempting to fetch a data row, if the protocol handler cannot connect to SQL Server within the specified time, it reports a time-out error for that row. The full-text gatherer will retry the row later. For more information about the full-text gatherer, see Populate Full-Text Indexes.

See Also

Full-Text Search
RECONFIGURE (Transact-SQL)
Server Configuration Options (SQL Server)
sp_configure (Transact-SQL)