5 messages in com.mysql.lists.bugsRe: "SET GLOBAL wait_timeout=60" does...
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Jeremy Zawodny09 Sep 2002 23:22 
Jeremy Zawodny09 Sep 2002 23:29 
Michael Widenius10 Sep 2002 15:36 
Michael Widenius10 Sep 2002 15:39 
Jeremy Zawodny11 Sep 2002 02:03 
Subject:Re: "SET GLOBAL wait_timeout=60" doesn't work as documented...
From:Jeremy Zawodny (jzaw@yahoo-inc.com)
Date:09/11/2002 02:03:22 AM
List:com.mysql.lists.bugs

On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 01:39:55AM +0300, Michael Widenius wrote:

mysql> select @@session.wait_timeout; Jeremy> +----------------+ Jeremy> | @@wait_timeout | Jeremy> +----------------+ Jeremy> | 28800 | Jeremy> +----------------+ Jeremy> 1 row in set (0.00 sec)

This comes from the fact that the 'mysql' command line client initializes wait_timeout from 'interactive_timeout' as this is an interactive client.

Ahhh, yes!

Now I'm far less confused. :-)

Thanks,

Jeremy