Timeout when connecting to sybase DBS

[eranlevi]

On Jul 1, 3:56 pm, eranlevi <gil.shi... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 30, 7:48 pm, s... at pobox.com wrote:
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> >     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?
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> >     Gil> BTW, I'm using Sybase.connect(<DBS name>, <Username>, <Password>,
> >     Gil> datetime='auto')
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> > 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:
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> >     python-sybase-m... at lists.sourceforge.net
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> > --
> > Skip Montanaro - s... at pobox.com -http://www.smontanaro.net/
> >     when i wake up with a heart rate below 40, i head right for the espresso
> >     machine. -- chaos @ forums.usms.org
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> 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?
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> I'll try to ask in the python-sybase mailing list
>
> Thanks

There's no such group as python-sybase :-(

Thanks