On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:59:19AM -0700, Michael Fuhr wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:49:02AM -0700, Michael Fuhr wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 09:30:22AM +0100, H.J. Sanders wrote: > > > Just one request that would make the transition from another > > > great database to PostgreSQL a lot easier: > > > > > > SET LOCK MODE TO WAIT n > > > > > > n = the max.time in second to wait. > > > > Will statement_timeout suffice? > > (I'm not implying that statement_timeout is equivalent, I'm just > wondering if you might be able to use it in certain circumstances.) It strikes me that if we had a way to abort a statement on another backend, you could abort anything that's been waiting more than x seconds for a lock via an external process watching pg_locks. Of course, that would be much more cumbersom than SET LOCK MODE TO WAIT n... -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
