#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Copyright (c) 2019, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # call_timeout.py # # Demonstrate the use of the Oracle Client 18c feature that enables round trips # to the database to time out if a specified amount of time (in milliseconds) # has passed without a response from the database. # # This script requires cx_Oracle 7.0 and higher and Oracle Client 18.1 and # higher. #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ import cx_Oracle import sample_env connection = cx_Oracle.connect(sample_env.get_main_connect_string()) connection.callTimeout = 2000 print("Call timeout set at", connection.callTimeout, "milliseconds...") cursor = connection.cursor() cursor.execute("select sysdate from dual") today, = cursor.fetchone() print("Fetch of current date before timeout:", today) # dbms_session.sleep() replaces dbms_lock.sleep() from Oracle Database 18c sleep_proc_name = "dbms_session.sleep" \ if int(connection.version.split(".")[0]) >= 18 \ else "dbms_lock.sleep" print("Sleeping...should time out...") try: cursor.callproc(sleep_proc_name, (3,)) except cx_Oracle.DatabaseError as e: print("ERROR:", e) cursor.execute("select sysdate from dual") today, = cursor.fetchone() print("Fetch of current date after timeout:", today)