On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 6:03 AM, Tatsuo Ishii <
ishii@postgresql.org> wrote:
>
> From the document about statement_timeout (config.sgml):
>
> Abort any statement that takes more than the specified number of
> milliseconds, starting from the time the command arrives at the server
> from the client. If <varname>log_min_error_statement</> is set to
> <literal>ERROR</> or lower, the statement that timed out will also be
> logged. A value of zero (the default) turns this off.
>
> Apparently "starting from the time the command arrives at the server
> from the client" referrers to the timing of execute message arrives to
> server the in my example. And I think current behavior of our code is
> doing different from what he document advertises. Or at least counter
> intuitive to users.
>
It seems to me the above documentation is more relevant with respect to simple query. However, I agree that it is better if statement_timeout is the timeout for each execution of the parsed statement.
