Re: setting connection/ query timeout

Thanks Daniele

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniele Varrazzo [mailto:daniele(dot)varrazzo(at)gmail(dot)com]
Sent: Wed 4/20/2011 1:15 AM
To: tamanna madaan
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] setting connection/ query timeout

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 8:09 PM, tamanna madaan
<tamanna(dot)madan(at)globallogic(dot)com> wrote:

> Sometimes this query gets stuck for unknown reason . So, for this particular
> query I want to set a timeout
> . I dont want to change "statement_timeout" in postgresql.conf as this would
> affect all the connections/queries.
> I just want to set timeout for above mentioned query . How can I do that ??

You can set a timeout only valid for the session using SET:

=> set statement_timeout to 1000;
SET
=> select pg_sleep(2);
ERROR: canceling statement due to statement timeout

-- Daniele