You could set up a SIG{ALARM} and the attempt the connection.
Or better still, get your DBAs to fix the problems in the DBs.
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Ron Reidy
Lead DBA
Array BioPharma, Inc.
-Original Message-
From: David Goodman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005
I've never done this, but Ron's advice ($SIG{ALRM}) is in line with the
DBI perldocs.
Here is a snippet from 'perldoc DBI' - I searched for timeout:
Signal Handling and Canceling Operations
The first thing to say is that signal handling in Perl is
currently
*not* safe. There is always
