Need keyboard shortcut to interrupt query execution rather than session

[eyalroz]

Currently, if you want to interrupt the execution of a long-running query you've input in an mclient session, you can press Ctrl+C - but this won't get you back to the prompt; rather, it will terminate both query execution and the connection. Thus, if you have uncommitted changes, or temporary tables - they'll be lost.

It would be nice if Ctrl+C could just go back to the command prompt (and a Ctrl+C without a query running would break the connection). But any shortcut key combination would be some improvement.

Software versions

• MonetDB 11.39.11
• OS and version: Devuan GNU/Linux Beowulf
• Built from source

[sstalin]

Recently we've extended query timeout functionality such as timeout propagates further down in GDK layer. User should have better control of timing queries now via call sys.setquerytimeout(seconds).

[eyalroz]

Hello Svetlin :-) It's been a while...

So, call sys.setquerytimeout(seconds) is useful, but it doesn't replace the functionality of wanting to interrupt the current query/statement on the current connection, immediately. No reason not to have both, I would think.