Re: Generating a query that never returns

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> I have a need to test timeouts in JDBC, is there a query that is
> guaranteed not to return ?

Not *never*, but close enough:

select pg_sleep(999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999);

Or if you want to be strict:

CREATE FUNCTION noreturn() RETURNS VOID LANGUAGE plperl AS $$ while (1) { select (undef,undef,undef,0.1) } $$;

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