I have a SQL Azure server with some stored procedures with TABLOCKX hints that I call from C# code on a Windows Azure web role VM. 

I'm kinda paranoid about those hints - what if there's some network protocol failure and the transaction doesn't end or something like that and a lock is held forever and all invokations of that stored procedure block on the statement with the TABLOCKX hint and all my stuff comes to a halt.

Is it somehow possible to tell SQL Server that the lock should not be held for more than say one minute so that it is unconditionally released after that time?


Question: Programming CC430F5137 using another microcontroller
Answer: If the F5137 supports SBW, then you can use the MSP430 Launchpad as a programmer. Just bring out the two SBW signals plus power and ground to a connector on your board, and connect to J4 on the edge of the Launchpad. 

I don't bother with a connector on mine, I use pogo pins to connect to pads underneath the board.