Missed it, but a quock Google summary shows that it seems to apply to admins
and so is discouraged:
_PostgreSQL: Documentation: Manuals: PostgreSQL 8.3: Client ...._
(http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-client.html)
Setting statement_timeout in postgresql.conf is not recommended because it
affects all sessions.
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