& XSLT On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 01:33:52AM -0800, Randy J. Ray wrote:
>  > I would like to develop an application that makes use of the RPC::XML
>  > module. Is there any way of setting a timeout parameter for the request I am
>  > making to a server, in order to detect a situation where the server URL is
>  > not correct or the server is down for example?
>  
>  The RPC::XML::Client object provides a method, "useragent", that gives you
>  access to the underlying LWP::UserAgent it uses for actual HTTP
>  communications. You can use this reference to set a timeout via the
>  "timeout" method (see the manpage for LWP::UserAgent).

Just a word of warning about timeouts and LWP... If you set a timeout
when already connected, it will be ignored.  This is particularly
relevant if you're also using keep_alive=> 1.

It's probably best to set the timeout before your first remote call.

-Dom
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