Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 10/01/76 11:38

Robert (robert.j.sipe@boeing.com) writes:
> Can anyone tell me what the query time out is for? It is not acting as
> I would exepct

The query timeout is for queries to remote servers. I will have to
admit that I have not investigated the option in depth, although we
have had cases at work where we have run into such timeouts.

What are your expectations?

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