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:305705 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
