Timeout when connecting to sybase DBS

[eranlevi]

On Jun 30, 7:48 pm, s... at pobox.com wrote:
>     Gil> I have looked for a timeout parameter to limit the 4 minutes to
>     Gil> something more reasonable but couldn't find one.  Can anyone please
>     Gil> help?
>
>     Gil> BTW, I'm using Sybase.connect(<DBS name>, <Username>, <Password>,
>     Gil> datetime='auto')
>
> We use the Sybase module where I work, but I've never encountered this
> problem (or a timeout parameter of any kind).  At any rate, you'll probably
> have more luck asking on the python-sybase mailing list:
>
>     python-sybase-m... at lists.sourceforge.net
>
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>     machine. -- chaos @ forums.usms.org

Are you saying, that when you trying to connect to a sybase DBS server
and the DBS or the server is down, you get an error after a few
seconds and not after a few minutes? Which python version are you
using?

I'll try to ask in the python-sybase mailing list

Thanks