How can I stop a MySQL query if it takes too long?

Question

Is it possible to timeout a query in MySQL?

That is, if any query exceeds the time I specify, it will be killed by MySQL and it will return an error instead of waiti

Answer 1

The MySQL forum has some threads about this.

This post details how to set up timeouts on the server using innodb_lock_wait_timeout.

Here's a way to do it programmatically, assuming you're using JDBC.