Re: [Firebird-devel] Information about fb_cancel_operation() API

[Paul R. <pr...@ib...>]

On Friday 12 December 2008, Michael Hieke wrote:
>
> I understand that the first one may be difficult to achieve, but I miss
> it dearly whenever I try to connect to a server in a VM which isn't
> running ATM... Maybe it would at least be possible to have a timeout
> value?

Perhaps this is what you are looking for?

#ConnectionTimeout = 180

It is in firebird.conf.

But I just did some simple tests and failed to prove its usefulness. From a 
linux box I get a rapid response from dns if the host can't be found. And 
if the host is running but the filename is incorrect I also get an 
instaneous response. Response is slightly slower for a box that has a valid 
dns entry but is not running - approx 7 seconds. In no case did I find I 
waited for the ConnectionTimeout period (which I set to ten seconds for 
test purposes.)


Paul
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