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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: 2002-04-08T13:02:03Z
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Hiroshi Inoue wrote:
> > I am confused.  Above you state you want SET QUERY_TIMEOUT to be
> > per-query. I assume you mean that the timeout applies for only the next
> > query and is turned off after that.
> 
> Hmm there seems a misunderstanding between you and I but I
> don't see what it is. Does *SET QUERY_TIMEOUT* start a timer in
> your scenario ?  In my scenario *SET QUERY_TIMEOUT* only
> registers the timeout value for subsequent queries.

SET QUERY_TIMEOUT does not start a timer.  It makes sure each query
after the SET is timed and automatically canceled if the single query
exceeds the timeout interval.

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