DarkBlue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My application makes several connections to > a remote database server via tcp/ip. > Usually all is fine,but occasionally the server is > down or the internet does not work and then there is > the 30 sec to several minutes timeout wait for the > tcp to give up. > Is there anything I can do without using > threads,sockets,twisted etc. to have following : > > pseudocode : > > try for 10 seconds > if database.connected : > do your remote thing > except raise after 10 seconds > abort any connection attempt > do something else
Sure, see function setdefaulttimeout in module socket. Just call it as you wish before trying the DB connection and catch the resulting exception. Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
