Re: SELECT ... FOR UPDATE [WAIT integer | NOWAIT] for 8.5

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Perhaps we'd benefit from a way to set a variable for a single query;

Yeah, particularly if it allows us to fend off requests for random
one-off features to accomplish the same thing ...

> WITH ( SET query_lock_timeout = 5s ) SELECT ...
> Of course, this particular syntax doesn't work because WITH is already
> taken.

I think you could make it work if you really wanted, but perhaps a
different keyword would be better.

			regards, tom lane