Hi , When you don't specify unit, it's in ms. See the test bellow: BR Patrick KUI-LI postgres=# SET statement_timeout TO 1000; SET Time: 0.214 ms postgres=# show statement_timeout; statement_timeout ------------------- 1s (1 row) Example with unit: postgres=# SET statement_timeout TO '1000s'; SET Time: 0.229 ms postgres=# SELECT pg_sleep(2); pg_sleep ---------- (1 row) Time: 2001.566 ms postgres=# On 09/17/2013 06:23 PM, Roberto Grandi wrote: > Dear all, > > i would set a script timeout from a .net application. My problem regards how to make sure that time out will be reset at the end of the script such as > > SET statement_timeout 1000 > SELECT pg_sleep(2); > > trowhs exception > > > After that > > SELECT pg_sleep(2); > > wouldn't throw exception. > > > Can you help me to solve this issue? > > Many thanks in advance. > > BR > Roberto > > -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin