Re: timeout implementation issues

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Jessica Perry Hekman <jphekman(at)dynamicdiagrams(dot)com>, Barry Lind <barry(at)xythos(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: timeout implementation issues
Date: 2002-04-07 23:27:52
Message-ID: 200204072327.g37NRqR25987@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > > Probably I'm misunderstanding this thread.
> > > Why must the query_timeout be reset particularly ?
> > > What's wrong with simply issueing set query_timeout
> > > command just before every query ?
> >
> > You could do that, but we also imagine cases where people would want to
> > set a timeout for each query in an entire session.
>
> 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. I realize it can be done easily in ODBC and JDBC, but we need a
general timeout mechanism.

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