Re: psql connection timeout

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com>
Cc: Pgsql General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql connection timeout
Date: 2004-12-04 15:35:28
Message-ID: 200412041535.iB4FZSo06303@candle.pha.pa.us
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John DeSoi wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> On Dec 2, 2004, at 11:53 PM, Michael Fuhr wrote:
>
> > Try setting the PGCONNECT_TIMEOUT environment variable:
> >
> > env PGCONNECT_TIMEOUT=5 psql -h bogushost
> >
>
>
> This works great -- thanks very much.
>
> I did not see this anywhere in the documentation. Did I miss it or is
> the source code the only reference point?

I see it mentioned in the libpq section of the manual. Those variables
actually affect all applications that use libpq, including psql.

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