[OSM-talk] [Overpass API] Query construction

[Ab_fab]

Hi Roland,




2011/12/6 Roland Olbricht roland.olbricht at gmx.de

>
> If you surpass the three minute limit, you should declare a longer runtime.
> This is done by surrounding the query with
>
> <osm-script timeout="3600">
>
> ... (the query)
>
> </osm-script>
>
I saw the description in the wiki, and I therefore used it, with a value
set at 600 -> 10 minutes.


> The runtime is given in seconds. Thus, this would announce a runtime of an
> hour. Any value up to 2592000 (a month of runtime) would be possible on the
> German server; the Russian server might go off after 20 minutes = 1200
> seconds, but is in general significantly faster. This looks a bit
> bureaucratic
> but in fact keeps the load under control: The server can safely terminate
> queries that have been accidentally runaway while serving well
> intentionally
> slow queries.
>

This is good to know



>
> Cheers,
>
> Roland
>

Have a nice day !

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