Anyway to Limit MySQL Query Execution time?

Question

Hi I\'m having issues on my server at the minute because some of the MySQL queries are taking a very long time to run, and hogging the resources on the server.

I\'m

Answer 1

This is a purely php solution that seems to be the simplest solution from what I've managed to find so far.

$result = mysql_query("SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST");
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) 
{
  $process_id = $row["Id"];
  if ($row["Time"] > 200 ) 
  {
    $sql="KILL {$process_id}";
    mysql_query($sql);
  }
}

And running this from a CRON script every 60 seconds.

If anyone does find a better solution to this issue please let me know