SET_TRANSFER_TIMEOUT Procedure

Sets the default timeout 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. This timeout value may be used to avoid the PL/SQL programs from being blocked by busy Web servers or heavy network traffic while retrieving Web pages from the Web servers. The default value of the timeout is 60 seconds.

Syntax

UTL_HTTP.set_transfer_timeout (

timeout  IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT 60);

Parameters

Table 78-24 shows the parameters for the SET_TRANSFER_TIMEOUT procedure.

Table 78-24 SET_TRANSFER_TIMEOUT Procedure Parameters

Parameter	Description
TIMEOUT (IN)	The network transfer timeout value in seconds.