[firebird-python] setting connection timeout

Hi, Is there a way to set the timeout on connect() in fdb, and later operations? It seems to take a very long time to timeout if connecting to an unreachable host - minutes! Thanks Hamish

Re: [firebird-python] setting connection timeout

Hi Pavel, I tried changing /etc/firebird/2.5/firebird.conf (I'm on Debian) but it did not have any effect. It's a shame this can't be set by individual client applications which may have different requirements. Thanks Hamish On 01/07/14 19:01, Pavel Cisar pci...@ibphoenix.cz

[firebird-python] "Unable to determine field precison from system tables"

I've just upgraded my Debian Linux system to the new release (stretch/9) and now I'm getting the following error when accessing a db from Python, using either fdb (1.6.1) or the old kinterbasdb (3.3.0). Unable to determine field precison from system tables: Dynamic SQL Error SQL error code =

[firebird-python] exception canceling events

Hi, I'm trying to run a continuous loop waiting for events to be emitted from Firebird and acting on them. However I'm occasionally getting an exception: Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/srv/blah/report_results.py", line 81, in     loop_on_events(('result_changed',), handler)  

[firebird-python] race condition in event conduit loop

Further to last week's email about looping on events, I restructured my code and I no longer get exceptions. However I believe there is a flaw in the design of fdb.EventConduit meaning events can be lost. wait() blocks on the internal threading.Event, then copies the event count. It does not