Re: [HACKERS] WITH RECURSIVE patch V0.1

Gregory Stark wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>
>
>>>>> Couldn't we just have it pay attention to the existing
>>>>> max_stack_depth?
>>>>>
>>>> Recursive query does not consume stack. The server enters an infinite
>>>> loop without consuming stack. Stack-depth error does not happen.
>>>>
>>> We could have a separate guc variable which limits the maximum number of
>>> levels of recursive iterations. That might be a useful feature for DBAs that
>>> want to limit their users from issuing an infinite query.
>>>
>> statement_timeout :)
>>
>
> Good point.
>
> Though it occurs to me that if you set FETCH_COUNT in psql (or do the
> equivalent in your code ) statement_timeout becomes much less useful.
>
>

i don't think statement_timeout is a good idea at all.
it is not deterministic. depending on the load on the server some
queries will execute while others fail.
a separate GUC is needed.

best regards,

hans

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