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Re: timeout implementation issues

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue@tpf.co.jp>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Jan Wieck <janwieck@yahoo.com>, Jessica Perry Hekman <jphekman@dynamicdiagrams.com>, Barry Lind <barry@xythos.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-04-08T00:11:29Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
> > > Sorry I couldn't understand your point.
> > > It seems the simplest and the most certain way is to call
> > > 'SET QUERY_TIMEOUT per query. The way dosen't require
> > > RESET at all.  Is the overhead an issue ?
> > 
> > What about psql and libpq.  Doing a timeout before every query is a
> > pain. 
> 
> Psql and libpq would simply issue the query according to the
> user's request as they currently do. What's pain with it ?

If they wanted to place a timeout on all queries in a session, they
would need a SET for every query, which seems like a pain.

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