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> > One idea Tom had was to make it only active in a transaction, 
> > so you do:
> > 
> >     BEGIN WORK;
> >     SET TIMEOUT TO 10;
> >     UPDATE tab SET col = 3;
> >     COMMIT
> > 
> > Tom is concerned people will do the SET and forget to RESET 
> > it, causing all queries to be affected by the timeout.
> 
> And what? Queries would be just aborted. It's not critical event
> to take responsibility from user.

Hey, I agree.  If the users wants the TIMEOUT, give it to them.

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