Re: timeout implementation issues

Tom Lane wrote:
> Jessica Perry Hekman <jphekman@dynamicdiagrams.com> writes:
> > [snip]
> > My proposal, then, is that the Java driver should submit the
> > transaction request; wait for the timeout; if it goes off, submit a
> > cancel request; and then throw a SQLException. We would not handle
> > this in the backend at all.
> 
> > Bruce agreed that this was a good point to ask what the rest of the
> > hackers list thought. Any input?
> 
> I guess the $64 question is whether any frontends other than JDBC want
> this behavior.  If it's JDBC-only then I'd certainly vote for making
> JDBC handle it ... but as soon as we see several different frontends
> implementing similar behavior, I'd say it makes sense to implement it
> once in the backend.
> 
> So, what's the market?

There is clearly interest from all interfaces.  This item has been
requested quite often, usually related to client apps or web apps.

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