Re: Feature thought: idle in transaction timeout

TODO updated:

* Add idle_in_transaction_timeout GUC so locks are not held for long periods of time


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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> >> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>> Added to TODO:
> >>> * Add idle_timeout GUC so locks are not held for log periods of time
> > 
> >> That should actually be transaction_idle_timeout. It is o.k. for us to 
> >> be IDLE... it is not o.k. for us to be IDLE in Transaction
> > 
> > Or "idle_in_transaction_timeout"?
> 
> Yeah that would work and it is what I originally typed before 
> backspacing. I was trying to avoid the _in_  but either way.
> 
> >  Anyway I agree that using
> > "idle_timeout" for this is unwise.  We've been asked often enough for a
> > flat-out idle timeout (ie kill session after X seconds of no client
> > interaction), and while I disagree with the concept, someday we might
> 
> Well I agree that we shouldn't kill sessions just because they are idle, 
> I can imagine all the lovely... my pgpool sessions keep getting killed! 
> comments.
> 
> > cave and implement it.  We should reserve the name for the behavior
> > that people would expect a parameter named like that to have.
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Joshua D. Drake
> 
> > 
> >             regards, tom lane
> > 
> 
> 
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