Re: [SQL] connection timeout?

On Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 06:03:42PM -0700, pierre(at)desertmoon(dot)com wrote:
> All,
>
>
> Is there a connection timeout on the client code? That is if I were
> to leave the client running but idle for a period of time I'd like
> the client to time out and quit....is there anything like that
> in PostgreSQL, can it be added?
>
> -=pierre

I've employed the following method in one program (it's a CGI which may stay
longer around without using the database connection):

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PGconn *conn;

void sig_alrm(int nr)
{
signal(SIGALRM, SIG_DEF);
if(conn)
PQfinish(conn);
conn = NULL;
}

void use_pgsql(void)
{
if(!conn) {
conn = PQconnectdb(...);
signal(SIGALRM, sig_alrm);
}
alarm(60);
}
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Before you use any database action now, you call use_pgsql() which will start
the counter and set up the connection.

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Regards,

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