Re: Psql or test application hangs when interface is down for the DB server

"K, Niranjan (NSN - IN/Bangalore)" <niranjan.k@nsn.com> writes:

> Is there any other workaround or alternative so that the situation about
> the interface is down is known and based on that the 'PQexec' does not
> get blocked for ~15 minutes.

Absent threads I think you have to use alarm() and a SIGALRM signal handler.

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