timeout

tcp connect timeout (unix/windows portable)

I'm using perl (which hopefully shouldn't affect anything), but I need to know how I can set a timeout for the connect operation. The problem is I can't wait forever for the connect operation to happen. If it doesn't happen within a few seconds, I'd rather give-up and move on. socket(my $sock, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, (getprotobyname('tc...

dynamically change mysqli connection timeout in PHP

Hi, how can I dynamically change MySqli connection timeout using PHP? I found the following manual that you can set an option after a connection is opened, but it says it only support Windows since PHP 5.3.1: http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.options.php I'm using PHP5.2.4, MySQLi (improved version) the default connection timeout is...

Timeout reading verity collection - CF8

For a long time now I've been having a problem with using the verity search service bundled with ColdFusion 8. The issue is with timeout errors occurring when perfoming any operation on a collection. It's intermittent, and usually occurs after a few operations have been successfully performed. For instance: If I'm adding records to a co...

Jquery remote validation timeout

I am trying to use jquery validation to validate some input values on the form. On one of the form I have to make a remote call to the server to check if the required entered value is valid or not. So I have something like: $("#myform").validate({ rules: { zip: { required: true, zip: true, remote: "check-zip.action" } } }); N...

What's the best way to handle errors/timeout when loading an iframe with jquery?

I'm loading an iframe by changing its src attribute and then registering a handler for its load event, i.e. obj.iframe.attr('src', src); obj.iframe.load(function() { ... }); This works well as long as the iframe loads correctly. I'm wondering if there's an easy way using jquery to set a timeout for the iframe to load and detect errors...

Rebuild InnoDB Index ONLINE to prevent timeouts?

When I update a particularly large table, the update times out because the table is locked while the indexes rebuild. Is there any way to rebuild the index ONLINE (i.e. Oracle) so the update does not timeout? ...

Prevent ASP.NET GET request timeout?

I've got an ASP.NET application that serves MP3 content, but that content is generated during the request and can delay the sending of the response's first byte by several minutes. The client is a podcatcher (I don't know which), and the lowest timeout I've seen is 20 seconds. That is, these clients are (reasonably enough) giving up re...

Send fodder bytes until actual response data is ready?

I need to serve MP3 content that is generated dynamically during the request. My clients (podcatchers I can't configure) are timing out before I'm able to generate the first byte of the response data. Is there a way to send fodder/throwAway data while I'm generating the real data, to prevent/avoid the timeout, but in a way that allows ...

fitnesse framework, "output captured" takes ages until it appears on screen. after multiple runs...

hi all, i am wondering if other users already had the same issues. after tests have been run multiple times (guess ~30 times) the little "output captured" button takes ages until it appears on screen. the test ran normally (results at the top of the page are fine) but the page takes roundabout 30 more seconds until it finished loading a...

Is it possible to intercept ProcessRequest to determine forms timeout before GetControllerInstance is called?

In an ASP.NET MVC application when using a custom Dependency Injection container (in this case, Unity), is it possible to intercept a request before GetControllerInstance is called to determine if forms authentication timeout has occurred? I have the following in web.config: <authentication mode="Forms"> <forms loginUrl="~/Home/Index...

Mysql timeout problem

I have got the error "Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction".What are the reason for this and how to solve the problem?FYI: innodb_lock_wait_timeout = 100 in Mysql config file. ...

Making a web interface to a script that takes 30 minutes to execute

I wrote a python script to process some data from CSV files. The script takes between 3 to 30 minutes to complete, depending on the size of the CSV. Now I want to put in a web interface to this, so I can upload the CSV data files from anywhere. I wrote a basic HTTP POST upload page and used Python's CGI module - but the script just time...

Web Service Request failure Recovery time

I have C# application that consumes a web service. The problem I have is that if a request fails because the service is unavailable, I get weird behavior when attempting future requests when I know the service is available. Example Sequence of events: 1. Application is started with service unavailable. 2. Request[1] is made t...

What is a reasonable timeout for acquiring a GPS fix?

I am creating a BREW app that requests the user's position. If the phone cannot acquire the position, I would like to display an error. How long should I wait for my callback to be called before I determine that the phone is not likely to get a GPS fix? ...

Dealing with high number of real-time calls to partner API in Rails

My Rails app needs to make a call to a partner's RESTful API for every request that it receives on a particular controller's action. I need to pass in request-specific parameters (e.g. IP, user-agent, etc.) to the partner API, and return the response I get to the user. Since the call to the partner API is very user-specific, I can't cach...

How to specify a timeout value on HttpWebRequest.BeginGetResponse without blocking the thread

Hi all … I’m trying to issue web requests asynchronously. I have my code working fine except for one thing: There doesn’t seem to be a built-in way to specify a timeout on BeginGetResponse. The MSDN example clearly show a working example but the downside to it is they all end up with a SomeObject.WaitOne() Which again clearly state...

Setup MySQL query timeout

Hey guys, it's possible to timeout query in MySQL? So if any query will exceed this timeout, it will be killed by MySQL and it will return error instead of waiting for eternity. ...

urllib2 times out but doesn't close socket connection

I'm making a python URL grabber program. For my purposes, I want it to time out really really fast, so I'm doing urllib2.urlopen("http://.../", timeout=2) Of course it times out correctly as it should. However, it doesn't bother to close the connection to the server, so the server thinks the client is still connected. How can I ask url...

resettable timeout in Java

(similar to "Resettable Java Timer" but there are some subtleties I need to explore) I need a resettable timeout feature, so that if my class does not perform a particular action within an interval of time T0 (where T0 is in the neighborhood of 50-1000msec), then a method gets called: class MyClass { static final private timeoutTim...

How do I set the timeout for a JAX-WS webservice client?

I've used JAXWS-RI 2.1 to create an interface for my web service, based on a WSDL. I can interact with the web service no problems, but haven't been able to specify a timeout for sending requests to the web service. If for some reason it does not respond the client just seems to spin it's wheels forever. Hunting around has revealed that...