[Tutor] setting up a timer

[Lloyd Kvam]

John, I haven't tried your suggestion yet.  My code includes checking if
the sql server is running with the correct configuration and restarting
it when necessary.  So I thought covering it all with one timer would be
simpler.

I implemented a timer to catch a connection/startup failure. I tested using
a while 1: loop to simulate a connection/startup failure.  The timer did
get triggered and it raised an exception.  However, raising an
exception doesn't terminate the process.  Is there a way to kill a thread?
Or is there some documentation about using exceptions with threads?

John Pertalion wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've used timeoutsocket.py module when connecting to a MySQL database over a
> questionable network (the Internet).  It lets you define a timeout in
> seconds for ALL socket connections.  It throws a timeoutsocket.Timeout
> exception when the connection isn't made within the timeout.  And has worked
> great for me with connections using MySQLdb and smtplib.  Available at
> http://www.timo-tasi.org/python/timeoutsocket.py
> 
> John Pertalion
> 
> 

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-- 
Lloyd Kvam
Venix Corp.
1 Court Street, Suite 378
Lebanon, NH 03766-1358

voice: 
603-443-6155
fax: 
801-459-9582