On 16/7/08 7:50 AM, "Ken Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/15/08 4:13 PM, "Terry Judd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have a 'startup' routine that checks to see whether my mySQL database is >> online. The problem if that when it isn't it hangs for 75 seconds. Is there >> a way to specify a (much) shorter timeout interval? > > How are you checking? Are you using the mysqladmin "ping" command? Oh and > what platform(s) are you doing this on?
Hi Ken - Nothing as fancy as that. I'm just using revOpenDatabase to get a connection ID. If either I or the database are offline I get the spinning pizza (Mac OSX) for a full 75 seconds before it returns a 'Can't connect to Mysql' error. Terry... > > > Ken Ray > Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution -- Dr Terry Judd Lecturer in Educational Technology (Design) Biomedical Multimedia Unit Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences The University of Melbourne Parkville VIC 3052 AUSTRALIA 61-3 8344 0187 _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution