Thanks Daniele -----Original Message----- From: Daniele Varrazzo [mailto:daniele.varra...@gmail.com] Sent: Wed 4/20/2011 1:15 AM To: tamanna madaan Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] setting connection/ query timeout On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 8:09 PM, tamanna madaan <tamanna.ma...@globallogic.com> wrote:
> Sometimes this query gets stuck for unknown reason . So, for this particular > query I want to set a timeout > . I dont want to change "statement_timeout" in postgresql.conf as this would > affect all the connections/queries. > I just want to set timeout for above mentioned query . How can I do that ?? You can set a timeout only valid for the session using SET: => set statement_timeout to 1000; SET => select pg_sleep(2); ERROR: canceling statement due to statement timeout -- Daniele