RE: idle_session_timeout doc

I have yet to find any instances where idle_session_timeout can be set at the session level or applied to a single user.

From: David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
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To: Capobianco, Tony <Tony(dot)Capobianco(at)bcbsma(dot)com>; Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: idle_session_timeout doc

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Is there a way to alter users idle_session_timeout setting? My
understanding is that it's a global setting. The last sentence indicates
you can apply an idle session timeout to particular users:

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Note in particular the ways of doing this via SQL.

Settings are best considered session-local with the initial value for a setting in a session determined as described in the docs.

David J.