To reply to myself, I think the answer is b): http://www.bennadel.com/blog/626-CFSetting-RequestTimeout-Updates-Timeouts-I t-Does-Not-Set-Them.htm
> -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Meredith-Hardy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 May 2008 15:07 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: requestTimeout behaviour > > Yes, this is probably correct, but if you start off with a > timeout of, say 600 sec, and then later in the script set a > timeout of 300, is it: > a) 900 for the whole script (ie cumulative) > b) 300 for the whole script (ie reset) > c) actual time taken before 2nd reset + that value. > > Richard > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Adrian Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 20 May 2008 11:25 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: requestTimeout behaviour > > > > I'm gonna take a stab and say that <cfsetting > > requesttimeout="seconds"> only works for the request and not the > > individual actions/calls etc. in the request. > > > > Adrian > > http://www.adrianlynch.co.uk/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard Meredith-Hardy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 20 May 2008 10:09 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: requestTimeout behaviour > > > > > > Of course I could mess about with experiments, but can > somebody tell > > me how <CFSETTING requesttimeout="seconds"> behaves in CF8? > > > > Specifically: I have a series of quite long running > operations which > > are scheduled to occur every 15 min, what I want to avoid > is the total > > overrunning 15 min so another instance starts before the > last one has > > finished. (this is retreiving stuff down a leased line which is > > usually fast but sometimes very slow). > > > > so, if: > > I put a timeout of 5 min (300) on Operation A and then a > timeout of 3 > > min (180) on Operation B > > > > and then Operation A completes in 1 min, > > > > does the new timeout on operation B have a further 3 min to run the > > request, or is the OVERALL timeout of the request actually > reduced to > > 3 min, so in fact I have only 2 min to run before it times out? > > > > Note that I don't want to use CFTHREAD with this, because it's > > important Operation A completes before Operation B starts. > The logic > > of the thing stops Operation B running at all if Operation > A fails to > > complete. > > > > Thanks > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:305709 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
