Excerpts from Boszormenyi Zoltan's message of jue jul 29 07:55:38 -0400 2010:
> Hi,
>
> Marc Cousin írta:
> > Hi, I've been reviewing this patch for the last few days. Here it is :
> >
> ...
> > * Are there dangers?
> > As it is a guc, it could be set globally, is that a danger ?
> >
>
> I haven't added any new code covering supplemental (e.g. autovacuum)
> processes,
> the interactions are yet to be discovered. Setting it globally is not
> recommended.
FWIW there is some code in autovacuum and other auxiliary processes that
forcibly sets statement_timeout to 0. I think this patch should do
likewise.
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