On Tuesday 20 February 2007 12:50, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> > pagila=# create or replace function test() returns bool as $$ begin set
> > statement_timeout = 3000; perform pg_sleep(4) ; return true; end $$
> > language plpgsql;
> > CREATE FUNCTION
>
> statement_timeout is measured across an entire interactive command, not
> individual commands within a function; and the timeout that applies to
> an interactive command is determined at its beginning. So the above
> doesn't do what you think.
>
Well, I'd be happy if it caused the entire function to bail out or if it
caused individual statements within a function to bail out, but it does
neither. I can see how that would be a bit tricky to implement though.
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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
