Thanks for the reply Shridhar and Tom. But am I mistaken if setting this timeout parameter would affect all query's? That would not be the desired result. What I would like is to stop the execution of a specific (active) query if it is taking to long. If I execute the query, and it starts running, I would like to be able to abort that running query. In pgAdmin III you have a 'stop' button when you are running a query (next to the little green 'start' arrow). I would like to be able to implement something similar in my application. Regards, Stijn Vanroye > -----Original Message----- > From: Shridhar Daithankar [mailto:shridhar@frodo.hserus.net] > Sent: maandag 10 mei 2004 13:50 > To: Stijn Vanroye > Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: Cancel query based on a timeout > > > Stijn Vanroye wrote: > > Hi List, > > > > I'm running a query on a not-so-small db. Mostly this query > runs fast enough, but every once in a while the query takes a > long time to complete in wich case the users start banging > away on the keyboard :-). > > > > What we would like to do is cancel the query after a > certain time-out (e.g. 30 sec.) > > Is there some way to send a command to the postgres sever > to stop running the query? > > > > We're using Postgres 7.3.4 and the latest ODBC driver. > Programming is done with Borland Delphi 7 > > AFAIK, there is a statement timeout option but exactly which > version brought it > in escapes me ATM...Most probably 7.4.x but don't take my > word for it. Check you > r postgrersql.conf for details. > > HTH > > Shridhar > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
