Hi,
I am using Database Version 10g Release 10.2.0.3.0
I have a utl_http.begin_request the request is connecting to a server using a URL with parameters and returning a cookie value during an authentication process.
If the server is unavailable or the response is slow I am looking to stop the request and prevent a long wait time.
I have investigated the utl_http.set_transfer_timeout procedure which sets the default time out value for all future HTTP requests that the UTL_HTTP package should attempt while reading the HTTP response from the Web server or proxy server. However this is failing to limit my wait time, i think this is due to the procedure reading the HTTP response from the Web server or proxy server and not waiting for a response.
Is there a way to set a wait time for the utl.http package or a way of simply timing out after a declared time limit?
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks,
JIM